US requires detailed security screening of cargo from Turkey
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has said it issued a new security directive requiring enhanced screening of cargo from Turkey.
According to a Reuters...
Erdoğanist spy imams reportedly quit their jobs in Germany before security checks
After a spying scandal involving Religious Affairs Turkish-Islamic Union (DİTİB), Erdoğanist Turkish imams working in mosques, schools and prisons in Germany have refused security...
Turkish gov’t selling properties of 9 media outlets including Yeni Hayat, Meydan, Yarına Bakış...
Properties belonging to nine of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by...
US State Department maps out Turkey’s human rights abuses
The US State Department on March 11 issued its 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Turkey in which it took stock of...
Turkish court orders arrest of Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who turned witness in the New York trial of a...
Germany bans rally at mosque opening by Erdoğan in Cologne out of security concerns
The German city of Cologne has refused to allow a major rally in the city on Saturday on the occasion of the opening of...
Millions call gov’t hotline for aid, reflecting deepening poverty in Turkey
Nearly 5 million people in Turkey called a government-operated hotline for aid in 2024, reflecting a deepening poverty crisis affecting an increasing number of...
2 more infants join their mothers in Turkish prison as crackdown on dissidents continues
As families continue to fall victim to Turkey's post-coup purge, two more infants, 3-month-old Mehmet Mirza and 1-year-old Ahmet Ümit, joined their mothers in...
Turkish gov’t seizes 25 more companies over alleged links to Gülen movement
A court in Aydın province on Thursday appointed trustees to the management of 25 companies over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, pro-government...
Rights organizations urge Ankara not to deport activist Dursoltan Taganova to Turkmenistan
Human Rights Watch reported on Monday that it and 10 other human rights organizations had called on the Turkish government not to deport Turkmen...
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