PACE to recommend sanctioning Turkish officials involved in political imprisonments

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is set to vote on a draft resolution urging member and observer states as well...

Turkey condemns ‘unacceptable’ European award to Osman Kavala

Turkey on Monday slammed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for awarding its top rights prize to jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who...

Turkish airstrike on Kurds in Syria kills 20: monitor

A Turkish airstrike on Monday killed 20 Kurdish security personnel and wounded dozens at a training center for police in Kurdish-held northeast Syria, Turkish...

Jailed businessman Kavala awarded Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Monday awarded its top rights prize to jailed Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala,...

Turkish FM’s remarks on targeting infrastructure in Syria ‘admission of war crimes’: pro-Kurdish party

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Green Left Party (YSP) has condemned drone attacks carried out by Turkey in northern Syria, highlighting that the airstrikes resulted in civilian...

Turkey’s intel agency renditioned Gülenist businessman from Tajikistan: state-run media

Koray Vural, a Turkish businessman who had gone missing in Tajikistan in mid-September and was being sought by Turkey over his links to the...

Turkey accused of targeting Kurds in retaliatory airstrikes following Ankara suicide bombing

Recent Turkish airstrikes in northeastern Syria in response to a suicide bombing in Ankara on Sunday for which the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) claimed...

Turkey again among ‘not free’ countries in internet freedom: Freedom House report

Internet freedom in Turkey has steadily declined over the past decade, with the country again ranking among the “not free” countries concerning online freedoms,...

Turkey released Kazakh ISIL suspect wanted by INTERPOL for lack of evidence

Turkish authorities have released pending trial a Kazakh national wanted by INTERPOL on suspicion of membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

Turkey both home to and perpetrator of transnational repression: report

The Orion Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.,-based think tank, has published a report that found Turkey as both a perpetrator and a destination of...

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