Official confesses Turkey’s development agency spying on Gülen followers in Latin America
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has been spying on Gülen followers in the Latin American countries, the agency’s local coordinator told media in...
Turkish economy minister: German firms list a mistake, will never happen again
Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi said on Saturday that Turkey’s submission to Interpol of a list of around 700 German companies suspected of funding...
Kyrgyz President: Those calling Turkish teachers terrorists should see a doctor
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has said those who see the teachers working at Gülen-linked SAPAT educational institutions in the country as terrorists need treatment...
US asks Turkey to ensure judicial independence, release journalists
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert asked Turkey to ensure judicial independence and release imprisoned journalists during a press briefing on Thursday.
Nauert, who was...
Nişanyan, renowned Turkish-Armenian intelectual, applied for political asylum in Greece
Renowned Turkish-Armenian intelectual, linguist and writer Sevan Nişanyan, who escaped from a Turkish prison two weeks ago after having been jailed in 2014 on...
Surveys show majority of Germans avoid going on a holiday in Turkey
Results of two public survey conducted in Germany have showed that majority of the Germans do not prefer to go to Turkey for a...
Erdoğan slams Europe and US, says will continue to crack down on their ‘agents’
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed Germany, the Netherlands and the US for denying him and his ministers the opportunity to deliver...
EU commissioner says Turkey is distancing itself from European values
Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, has said Turkey is rapidly distancing itself from European values and that this...
Amnesty chief to ask EU’s Mogherini to raise arrest of HR activists with Turkish...
Amnesty International Secretary-General Salil Shetty is to meet with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini on Tuesday...
Germany says Turkey dropped terror link charge against German firms
Germany said Turkey had informed it on Monday that it had dropped accusations of “terrorism” funding against nearly 700 German companies amid an escalating...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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