Turkish military carries out new airstrikes against militants in Iraq, Syria: report
Turkey said it had destroyed 23 targets in overnight airstrikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria, a further escalation of the conflict...
Human Rights Watch says new draft law will end rule of law in Turkey
A draft law being rushed through Turkey’s parliament would, if passed, preserve many of the abusive powers granted to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Former Turkish director of Pak-Turk school, his family kidnapped from Lahore
Former director of Pak-Turk School, Mesut Kaçmaz, a Turkish national, has reportedly been kidnapped along with his family in the early hours of Wednesday...
Lengthy prison terms handed down to Kurdish leaders draw global condemnation
An Ankara court’s verdict handing down lengthy prison sentences to dozens of Kurdish politicians, including imprisoned leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, has drawn...
Opposition MP proposes Turkish parliament declare massacre of Armenians a genocide
Garo Paylan, an Armenian lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on Saturday submitted a motion asking the Turkish parliament to declare the...
Der Spiegel: Turkish embassies pursuing Erdoğan critics in 35 countries
Turkish government has been spying on its own citizens in 35 countries with the help of its diplomatic outpost, according to German weekly Der...
Turkish FM bashes Kazakh journalist for question over abduction scandal in Switzerland
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday refused to answer two questions from a Kazakh journalist during a joint press conference in Astana, likening...
Germany warns citizens vacationing in Turkey of arbitrary arrests
The German foreign ministry has updated a travel warning for citizens currently holidaying or planning to vacation in Turkey, saying they could be arbitrarily...
Afrin’s Kurdish administration calls on Assad regime to defend border against Turkey
The Kurdish-led autonomous administration that runs Afrin called Bashar al-Assad regime to send troops to help defend its border with Turkey despite Damascus’ stance against...
Int’l bar associations urge Turkish gov’t to stop arbitrary detentions, torture
International bar associations have called on the UN Human Rights Council to urge the Turkish government to stop and remedy the arbitrary arrest, detention...
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