COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Maarif exports Erdoğan’s ideology to Balkans
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The Maarif Foundation, the long arm of the autocratic regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has positioned itself to raise a new...
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A total of 5,786 Turkish citizens have sought asylum in neighboring Greece in the 27 months following a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
Academic who suffered cardiac problem in prison denied treatment
İsmet Özçelik, a Turkish academic who was forcibly brought from Malaysia to Turkey in 2017 due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
US expresses concern over rights abuses committed by Turkish-backed fighters in Syria: report
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2 teachers working at schools linked to Gülen movement deported to Turkey from Ukraine
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Swiss MPs urge gov’t not to ratify trade deal with Turkey, citing rights violations
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Kyrgyz protestors demand authorities locate missing educator
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OECD calls on Turkey to implement key reforms to boost fight against foreign bribery
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Greece accuses Turkey of failing to rescue illegal migrants after dinghy sinks
Turkey failed to rescue illegal migrants in a dinghy that sank inside its territorial waters, Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said in a speech...
EP Turkey rapporteur says he can’t forget post-mortem photos of Kabakçıoğlu, who was found...
Nacho Sánchez Amor, an MEP from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and EP standing rapporteur on the annual report on Turkey,...
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