German Green Party co-chair calls on int’l community to prevent deportation of educator İnandı...

Cem Özdemir, the co-chairman of the German Green Party, on Wednesday called on the international community to prevent the deportation to Turkey of educator...

Turkish gov’t arrests German citizen for trying to join YPG in Syria

A German national has been arrested in Turkey for allegedly trying to join the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units YPG militia, Turkish media reported....

Abusive pushbacks of migrants normalized in Greece: MSF

Greece has “normalized” abusive pushbacks of migrants under a broader EU policy that ignores violence against people in need, Turkish Minute reported on Thursday,...

Abduction of 6 Turks in Kosovo point to Turkish embassies’ key role in illegal...

The recent abduction of six Turkish nationals who were affiliated with the Gülen movement in Kosovo has confirmed the key role of Turkish embassies...

Turkey’s response to UN letter on Kavala case does not address allegations: UN special...

Turkey’s response to a joint letter sent by UN special rapporteurs in September on the case of Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and philanthropist...

EU expresses concern over Turkish military offensive in Afrin

The European Union (EU) warned on Tuesday that Turkish military offensive against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in the northern Syria could derail a...

Video shows Malaysian police detained Turkish expats at Turkey’s request

https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Untitled-1.mp4 A recent video recording submitted to Turkey Purge shows that Malaysia was detaining three Turks in the country at the request of Turkish government. Malay police...

Nazarbayev says Kazakh-Turk schools belong to Kazakhstan, no extradition of teachers

https://youtu.be/4HbOVhzQS_E Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Thursday that Kazakh-Turk high schools that are allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement belong to Kazakhstan and...

COMMENTARY — Is ISIL setting its sights on Sweden as a place to settle?

By Abdullah Bozkurt In what is seen as a deliberate and systematic pattern, Turkey’s Islamist government continues to fail in cracking down on jihadist networks...

Helsinki Commission chair disappointed by Turkish court decision on jailed NASA scientist

Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, has expressed his disappointment over a recent decision by a Turkish court to reduce...

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