European regional meeting of ILO starts in İstanbul with labour unions’ massive boycott
The 10th European Regional Meeting of the International Labor Organization (ILO) has started in İstanbul on Monday with an overwhelming boycott of labour unions...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist calls on assassins to take refuge in Turkey
In reaction to a decision on the part of Greece not to extradite eight Turkish soldiers who sought political asylum following a failed coup...
Thousands of undocumented migrants are homeless in Turkey and other EU border countries: PACE
Thousands of undocumented migrants are homeless at the EU's external borders, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Belarus, said the Parliamentary...
RSF: Jailed Turkish journalists soon to be stigmatised by obligatory uniform
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has made a statement on Thursday and stated that is has appalled by a new Turkish decree under which detainees accused...
Amnesty condemns heavy charges against rights activists arrested in Turkey
Amnesty International on Sunday issued a statement condemning an indictment seeking jail terms of up to 15 years on terror charges filed against 11...
Two more Turkish soldiers killed, 5 wounded during military operation in Syria’s Afrin
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and five wounded on Sunday during Turkish military operation in Afrin province of northern Syria, according to a statement...
US Ambassador to Turkey on suspension of visa services: This was not a decision...
US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass has released a written statement on Monday over suspension of all non-immigrant visa services at all US diplomatic...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens Kosovo PM Haradinaj: You will pay the price for this
Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticised Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Saturday for dismissing the country's interior minister and intelligence chief on...
Dutch-Turkish journalist faces death threats by Erdogan’s fanatics
A Dutch journalist of Turkish origin has faced a systematic campaign of threats including death by what appears to be fans of Turkey's autocratic...
Turkey bars entry of critics by adding their names next to ISIL suspects
Turkey has been arbitrarily refusing the entry for foreign nationals of Turkish origin who are deemed critical of the country's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
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