US, Germany condemn arrests of human rights activists urge Turkey to release them
The Uninted States (US) administration and Germany have strongly condemned Turkish government over arrest of six human rights defenders.
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert...
Germany to get involved in jailed journalist Yücel’s case at ECtHR
Germany will support the arrested journalist Deniz Yücel’s case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), demanding that Yücel be released, Die Welt reported on...
ISI voices concern over Turkish government’s arbitrary deprivation of nationality of its citizens
The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) has released a policy paper to raise its grave concern over recent steps taken by the Turkish government towards...
Merkel refuses to link asylum applications from Turkey with visit of German troops
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said there is no link between approval of applications from Turkish asylum seekers in Germany and a visit to...
Post-coup crackdown in Turkey has torn families apart, CBC says
Canada’s state-run CBC news website said Saturday, on the anniversary of a controversial coup in Turkey last year, that thousands of families have been...
Freedom House: One year after the coup attempt, Turkey is more fragile than ever
The US-based independent freedom watchdog organization Freedom House said on Friday that Turkish society is more fragile than ever and has no clarity on...
Turkish gov’t makes over 12,000 talks abroad to defame Gülen movement
Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has mobilized all state facilities to defame the Gülen movement all over the...
3,206 Turkish nationals seek asylum in Germany in first half of 2017
A total of 3,206 Turkish nationals have applied for asylum in Germany in the first six months of 2017, data from the German Federal...
12 people detained as they allegedly flee from Turkey to Greek island
Twelve people were detained while they were allegedly on their way to escape from Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting the followers of...
EP’s Harms to visit Turkish teacher jailed over alleged Gülen links in Georgia
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament and Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, is going to visit Turkish teacher Mustafa Emre Çabuk...
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