678 people from Turkey seek asylum in Belgium since July 15
According to Belgian media reports basing on information given by official institutions, as many as 678 citizens of Turkey have found or sought asylum...
COMMENTARY — Is ISIL setting its sights on Sweden as a place to settle?
By Abdullah Bozkurt
In what is seen as a deliberate and systematic pattern, Turkey’s Islamist government continues to fail in cracking down on jihadist networks...
COMMENTARY — Iran might have listened in on Erdoğan-Trump talks
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The office of the Turkish presidency has shared a photo while Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was talking on the phone with US President...
Turkish pro-Erdoğan dailies say Manchester attack result of UK support for ISIL
Two staunchly pro-Erdoğan Turkish newspapers, Güneş and Yeni Akit, have accused the UK of supporting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...
PACE urges Turkey to uphold Strasbourg court rulings, release Osman Kavala
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on Thursday urging Turkey to comply with the judgments of the European Court of...
A campaign of awareness organised worldwide for #668Babies in Turkish prisons
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A worldwide awareness campaign was conducted on Saturday in major cities across the world including London, Berlin and Stockholm for 668 babies who were...
Pro-Erdoğan gang leader threatens European countries with violent protests
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Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said in a video that he can organize...
Families of Paris killings’ victims demand to reopen the probe
The families of three Kurdish women who were assassinated in Paris on Jan. 9, 2013, have filed a petition to relaunch the investigation on...
Lawyer shares photos of suspicious individuals around İnandı’s car, says former minister met him...
Taalaygul Toktakunova, the attorney for the family of educator Orhan İnandı, who is allegedly being held against his will in the Turkish Embassy in...
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...
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