UN urges Turkey to grant access to 3 Gülen followers detained in Malaysia
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The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Turkey to confirm the whereabouts of three Turkish nationals who were detained in Malaysia at Ankara’s...
Turkish government revokes passport of former HDP deputy Tüzel
The Turkish government has revoked the passport of Levent Tüzel, a former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and Central Executive Board member of...
UN Human Rights Council to review case of jailed American pastor in Turkey
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will consider the case of American pastor Andrew Brunson who was jailed in Turkey on trumped-up charges under...
Turkish gov’t presses Afghanistan to hand over control of Gülen-linked schools
Afghan authorities have drafted a deal giving the Turkish government control of more than a dozen schools in Afghanistan affiliated with Turkish Islamic scholar...
Report: Flynn’s firm produced an unfinished anti-Gülen documentary
Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn’s lobbying firm produced an unfinished documentary last fall to boost Turkey’s image and defame US-based Turkish Islamic...
Report: EU countries working to block Turkey from hosting NATO summit
Eighteen EU countries and Canada will fight for Belgium to host the 2018 NATO summit instead of Turkey, according to a report in the...
FIDH: Journalist Çapan imprisoned in Turkey after unofficial refoulement from Greece
Turkish journalist Murat Çapan has been imprisoned in Turkey after unofficial refoulement from Greece, said the FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) in a...
PACE says democratic referendum hindered under emergency rule in Turkey
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said democratic referendum process was hindered in Turkey by restrictions on freedom of expression, association, movement...
VIDEO — Turkish family, last victim of Erdoğan’s long arm abroad, stranded at Kiev...
A Turkish family with children have been detained by Ukranian security officials at an International Airport in Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine for...
Teacher Sökmen detained in Turkey after forced return from Myanmar
Muhammet Furkan Sökmen, a Turkish teacher working for two schools established by Gülen movement followers in Myanmar, was forcibly returned to Turkey despite his...
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