Germany’s opposition Union parties submit parliamentary question concerning drastic increase in asylum applications from...
Germany’s opposition Union parties the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CDU/CSU) have submitted a parliamentary question addressing...
New report sheds light on algorithm used to persecute alleged members of Gülen movement...
More than 13,000 Turkish military personnel have been dismissed since July 2016 on the basis of an algorithm used by the authorities to assess...
Turkey blocks access to alternative website of popular online forum
An Ankara court has blocked access to an alternative website for Ekşi Sözlük, one of the country’s most popular social media websites, which had...
Turkey asks Saudi Arabia about detention of journalist over alleged Khashoggi remarks
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has asked for an explanation from Saudi Arabia about the detention of a Turkish journalist last week due to his...
Sweden has met Turkey’s demands for NATO membership bid with new terror law: PM
Sweden has met Turkey’s demands for its NATO membership bid with a tougher counterterrorism law that enters into force on Thursday, the Swedish Prime...
Turkey drops trial of 3 defendants in Sivas massacre trial due to statute of...
A Turkish court, citing the expiration of the statute of limitations, ruled on Thursday to drop the legal proceedings against three defendants who were...
Turkish parliament bans public servants dismissed by executive decrees from premises
The Turkish parliament’s executive board on the first day of the new legislative year voted to forbid former employees of parliament who were dismissed...
Active duty, former officers among 98 facing detention warrants over Gülen links
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 98 people, including former and active duty military officers as well as academics,...
Top court to review rights defender, former MP Gergerlioğlu’s application on July 1
Turkey’s Constitutional Court will review an application submitted by rights defender and former MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu,...
29 detained in house raids in İstanbul over May Day protests: minister
Turkish police on Friday detained 29 people who had resisted law enforcement on Wednesday in an attempt to hold a demonstration in İstanbul’s central...
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