ECtHR requests Turkey’s statement on cost of presidential palace
An application made by the Turkish Union of Engineers and Architects’ Chambers (TMMOB) Ankara office to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with...
Turkish court orders arrest of Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who turned witness in the New York trial of a...
Azerbaijan extradites Gülen-linked publisher to Turkey
İbrahim E., who used to run a printing house affiliated with the Gülen movement in Azerbaijan, has been extradited to Turkey as part of...
Documents reveal Ankara obtained identities of hundreds of Turkish asylum seekers in Greece, Germany
Turkey’s intelligence agency has obtained information on the identity of hundreds of Turkish nationals who have applied for asylum in Europe, especially in Greece...
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels used child soldiers, pro-government think tank report reveals
Some 4 percent of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army’s (SNA) ranks comprised child soldiers in the years prior to early 2020, according to a...
Turkish Embassy in Niger tracks down critics, violating the Vienna Convention
Turkish government documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were spied on by Turkish diplomats in Niamey,...
NBA star Kanter faces lawsuit from Erdoğan for alleged insult
Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the widespread human rights violations taking place under...
Turkish citizens’ abduction sparks panic in South Africa: report
The recent abduction of a teacher by Turkish government operatives in Kenya and the suspicious disappearance of an educator in Kyrgyzstan have sent shivers...
ECtHR rules Bulgaria violated rights of Turkish journalist who was deported despite seeking asylum
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Bulgaria violated the rights of a Turkish journalist who had fled Ankara’s crackdown...
Turkey uses migrants to pressure EU, Austrian minister says: report
Austria’s minister for the European Union and the constitution on Thursday accused Turkey of using migrant flows as a means to pressure the 27-member...
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