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...
SAR report reveals how attacks by authorities have crippled Turkey’s higher education
A report by a New York-based initiative for academic freedom, Scholars at Risk (SAR), shows how deliberate attacks by Turkish authorities on university communities...
Turkish President Erdoğan says savage Khashoggi killing was planned
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday there were strong signs Jamal Khashoggi’s savage killing was planned and that attempts to blame it...
Switzerland jails a journalist who fled Turkey and applied for asylum
Switzerland has denied the right of asylum to Mustafa Mamay, a Kurdish-Turkish journalist who was sentenced to six years in prison by the Turkish...
Turkish gov’t puts Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz under protection
Turkish authorities have put the fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi under 24-hour police protection, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) said on...
Two dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Bodrum
Two people died after a boat carrying migrants sank just 50 meters off Turkey’s western coast near Bodrum early on Monday, the coast guard...
Turkish prosecutor summons 25 more people as potential witnesses in Khashoggi murder case
A Turkish prosecutor has summoned 25 more people as potential witnesses in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate General...
COMMENTARY — CoE asks Erdoğan to stop promoting political Islam in Europe
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The multinational proposal tabled last year by the parliamentarians of the Council of Europe (CoE), the large intergovernmental organization that champions democracy,...
Turkish gov’t requests that Kosovo extradite alleged members of Gülen movement
The Turkish government requested that the Kosovo administration extradite alleged members of the Gülen movement, during a visit to the country by Turkish Foreign...
Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi killed in Istanbul consulate
Saudi Arabia on Saturday admitted that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in İstanbul, state media said, two weeks after his...
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