HRW: 18 men affiliated with Gülen movement tortured, sentenced in unfair trial in Turkmenistan
A Turkmen court sentenced 18 men to up to 25 years in prison on February 8, 2017, in what appears to be a purge...
EP’s Panzeri: EU should use all financial, commercial instruments to push Turkey to end...
Pier Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), has stated that European Union (EU) should use all the financial and...
Two British citizens charged in Turkey over their alleged PYD ties
Two British citizens have been sued for allegedly making terror propaganda from their social media accounts while they have been in Turkey. Turkish media...
Turkey’s PM Yıldırım says Gülen movement was behind arrest of Halkbank’s Atilla in US
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Saturday said the faith-based Gülen movement was responsible for the detention of Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla...
ECtHR questions Azerbaijani gov’t on illegal deportation of Turkish teacher over Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has questioned the Azerbaijani government over the illegal deportation of Turkish national Taci Şentürk at the request of...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says passport ban for 181,500 people to be lifted soon
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said he would soon end a passport ban for 181,500 people who were investigated over links to...
Kosovo bank reportedly freezes accounts of alleged followers of Gülen movement
As a new stage of persecution of Turkish nationals affiliated with the Gülen movement in line with the oppression of Turkish government led by...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan touts al-Qaeda-linked militant as a role model in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Publicizing an otherwise private audience for senior jihadist figures including a prominent al-Qaeda-linked fighter in the presidential palace of Turkey’s Islamist leader...
Turkish gov’t removes restrictions from 155,350 passports
The Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs has removed restrictions from 155,350 passports belonging primarily to spouses of people allegedly affiliated with the Gülen movement...
UN urges resettlement of quake-hit Syrian refugees from Turkey
The UN on Saturday urged countries to speed up taking Syrian refugees from earthquake-hit zones in Turkey, saying they were facing the trauma of...
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