EP’s Foreign Affairs Chair McAllister: Turkish gov’t turns its back on rule of law,...
David McAllister, the European Parliament (EP) lawmaker and the Chair of the EP’s Foreign Affairs Committee has stated that "Recent developments in Turkey including purges...
Kurdish books take their share from Turkish government crackdown
The number of books printed in the Kurdish language in Turkey decreased in 2017, with only 171 released, as Turkish government's crackdown has been...
Turkish gov’t detains 615 people over alleged links to Gülen movement last week
At least 615 people were detained as part of Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement over...
Turkish gov’t detains T24 columnist Baysal and more journalists over critical social media posts...
Journalist and writer Nurcan Baysal, who is a clolumnist for online news portal T24, was detained by Turkish police after midnight over her critical...
Turkish troops and FSA units advance 7,5 km inside border in operation targeting Syria’s...
As Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has continued to shell positions of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKk) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria's...
Erdoğan regime’s official mouthpiece AA targets exiled Turkish journalists over Afrin messages
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA), which was managed by a former advisor of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday targeted exiled...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 35 people over Afrin messages
Turkish public prosecutor’s offices on Sunday issued detention warrants for at least 35 people on accusations of disseminating the propaganda of the Kurdish Democratic...
Turkish military aims to control 10,000 km2 of Syria’s Afrin region
The Prime Ministry’s Office of Public Diplomacy has cited the reasons for Turkey’s military operation against Syria’s northern Afrin province in a 12-article note. The...
US urges Turkey’s Afrin operation to remain limited in scope
The US urged Turkish government to exercise restraint and ensure that its military operations remain limited in scope and duration, however, said it was...
Five soldiers killed in an avalanche in Turkey’s Bitlis province
Five Turkish soldiers were killed in an avalanche in eastern Bitlis province on Sunday, said provincial governor's office. In a statement the governor's office has...
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