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Altan wins France’s Femina literary prize for novel written behind bars

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The European Commission in its yearly report on Turkey released on Tuesday said backsliding in the respect for democracy, human and fundamental rights and...

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European countries will be affected by a wave of migration from Afghanistan that Turkey already faces on its southern and eastern borders, President Recep...

Asylum applications from Turkish citizens in EU see 494 percent rise over past 12...

There has been a 494 percent rise in the number of asylum applications in EU countries from Turkish citizens over the past 12 years,...

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