Dismissed police chief, businessman detained while escaping from Turkey to Greece, Bulgaria
Former police chief M.G., who was dismissed in Van province as part of post-coup crackdown on Gülen movement, was detained on Friday near Turkey’s Greek...
Perpetrator of Paris terror attack reportedly visited Turkey last year
The perpetrator of an attack in central Paris on Monday had been to Turkey many times in 2016 and had gone to France through...
Deutsche Welle: German halls refuse to reserve hall for Erdoğan speech
German halls refuse to reservations for a speech by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who plans to address Turks in Germany following G20 summit...
Germany: Man who spied on Kurds for Turkish intelligence received 30,000 euros
German prosecutors have filed espionage charges against a Turkish national, identified as Mehmet Fatih Sayan, for spying on Kurdish expats at Turkey’s request.
Federal prosecutors...
German police warn Erdoğan’s guards not to attack to protesters
Amid crisis between Turkey and US over Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s guards’ attacking protesters in Washington D.C. last month, Hamburg police have...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t daily sets up hotline for informing on Gülen followers in EU countries
The pro-government Sabah daily’s Europe edition, Sabah Avrupa, has set up a telephone line for its readers to report followers of the faith-based Gülen...
PEN Int’l and ARTICLE 19 draw attention to deterioration of freedom of expression, human...
International press freedom organizations PEN International and ARTICLE 19 have called the attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the relentless crackdown on...
EU committee says changing Turkish Constitution could end up in freezing accession talks
The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has recommended freezing Turkey’s EU accession talks if proposed amendments to the country’s constitution that were approved in...
German lawyers criticize ECtHR’s rejection of applications from Turkey
The German Bar Association (DAV) has criticized the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which rejected applications concerning post-coup worker purges in Turkey on...
Greek PM Tsipras refuses to extradite Turkish soldiers accused of coup plotting
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has rejected a Turkish demand for the extradition of eight Turkish officers who are accused of taking part in...
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