Turkish PM Yıldırım slams US, says holding business with terrorists ‘humiliating’
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said on Thursday that the US cooperation with "terrorist organisations" is self-humiliating for Washington. According to report by Turkey's...
Two more soldiers killed during Turkish military operation in Syria’s Afrin
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a mortar attack by People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants in the northwestern Syrian district of Afrin, according to...
RSF urges Turkey to free jailed French journalist Loup Bureau
International media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) held a demonstration in support of journalist Loup Bureau outside a Paris district’s town hall on Thursday and urged...
Two Turkish men sentenced to jail for assault during Erdoğan’s Washington visit
Two men who pleaded guilty to assaulting protesters during a 2017 visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Washington were sentenced to a...
Turkey’s public broadcaster targets journalist in exile in Stockholm
Turkey’s state-run TRT Haber news station has targeted a Turkish journalist in exile by broadcasting footage of his home in Stockholm, Turkish Minute reported.
TRT’s...
HRF calls on Kosovo PM to apply non-refoulment principle, obey int’l HR law on...
The New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) sent a letter to Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Friday and requested that he apply the...
Critical Saudi journalist Khashoggi goes missing in Turkey
Friends and relatives of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington-based Saudi journalist known for being a vocal critic of the Saudi leadership, said that they lost...
European court rejects 25,000 Turkish applicants since controversial coup attempt
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has allegedly rejected around 25,000 applications from Turkish nationals related to persecutions by Turkish government following a controversial coup...
Turkish women’s rights activist to receive Germany’s Anne Klein Women’s Award 2021
Canan Arın, 78, a Turkish lawyer and women’s rights activist, has been announced as the recipient of Germany’s Anne Klein Women’s Award 2021, according...
CoE urges Turkey to adapt new anti-terror measures to ECHR
The Council of Europe (CoE) has urged Turkey to adapt its new legislation on demonstrations, public meetings and counterterrorism measures to the European Convention...
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