COMMENTARY — Turkey deals yet another blow to the anti-ISIL battle
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The declaration of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS or Daesh by its Arabic acronym) as a “project...
Greece says Turkish gov’t may be holding 2 soldiers for political gain
Greece said on Monday that Turkey appeared to be seeking some political leverage by continuing to hold two of its soldiers without trial for...
Judge Gökçe dies in Turkish prison where he was held over alleged links to...
Judge Teoman Gökçe, a former member of Turkey's Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) who was jailed following a controversial military coup attempt...
Turkish Deputy PM says Erdoğan and Putin are the world’s only leaders
One of Turkey’s deputy prime ministers, Hakan Çavuşoğlu, has said there are no leaders in any European countries and that Turkey’s autocratic President Recep...
EP’s Harms calls on EU to grant political asylum to Turkey purge victims
Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the European Parliament’s Greens/EFA group, on Monday called on the European Union to...
Freedom House’s Schenkkan: Turkish government’s abductions in Kosovo shocking offense against int’l HR standards
The Turkish government's abduction of six Turkish nationals from Kosovo is “a shocking offense against both international human rights standards and bilateral norms,” wrote...
Turkish court seeks Interpol Red Notice, issues arrest warrant for journalist Dündar
An İstanbul court on Monday issued an arrest warrant and sought an Interpol red notice for exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar, the former editor-in-chief of...
Turkish dentist sentenced to 7,5 years over NBA star Kanter’s selfie taken on his...
A Turkish dentist identified only as A.I.B. has been sentenced to 7,5 years in prison nearly one-and-a-half-years after he was detained because NBA player...
PKK’s jailed leader Öcalan’s TV and radio taken away in İmralı Prison
The outlawed Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organization that encompasses the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has claimed that the television and radio...
Over 1,400 people seek asylum in Germany to escape persecution of Turkish gov’t
More than 1,400 Turkish nationals, including military officers, public officials and their family members, applied for asylum in Germany in the first two months...
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