US President Trump in a tweet calls on Turkish gov’t to release Pastor Brunson
US President Donald Trump in a tweet on Tuesday urged the Turkish government to free Pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed since October...
Rotterdam mayor says Turkish FM not allowed to campaign for referendum
Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said on Friday that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu would not be allowed to campaign for a referendum in Turkey...
UN experts accuse Kurdish-dominated SDF of rights violations in Syria
UN investigators on Tuesday accused the Democratic Union Party (PYD)/Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US-led coalition of human rights...
Erdoğan: Turkey no longer needs European Union
Turkey no longer needs the European Union, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday, the T24 news website reported.
Speaking at the opening...
Turkish court rules to keep American pastor Brunson behind bars
A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled to keep in custody American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was jailed in October 2016 in Turkey on espionage...
Report: Turkish police break password of Topuz’s phone, reveal messages on Zarrab’s arrest
Turkish police have broken the password of the mobile phone of arrested US İstanbul Consulate staffer Metin Topuz, who was arrested over his alleged...
Eurostat: 14,640 Turkish citizens claimed asylum in EU in 2017
A total of 14,640 Turkish nationals claimed asylum in the European Union countries last year, according to data compiled by Eurostat.
According to statistics released by Eurostat...
IAJ calls on EU leaders to not ignore Turkish government’s judicial abuses
The International Association of Judges (IAJ) called on leaders of the European Union to not ignore the Turkish government's judicial abuses in a written...
Turkey’s Erdoğan vows to root out every single members of Gülen movement from Balkans
People affiliated with the Gülen movement will be “rooted out” from the Balkans, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday in a...
Dutch PM backs Kavala statement, says Netherlands will continue to make such calls
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has backed 10 Western ambassadors’ recent statement urging the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala from jail, saying his country...
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