CoE’s Jagland expresses concern over arrest of rights activists in Turkey
Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe (CoE), has expressed his concerns to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım over the arrest of...
Swedish FM Wallström slams arrest of six human righst defenders in Turkey
Margot Wallström, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, has reacted on the arrest of human righst defenders in Turkey and stated that "The (Swedish)...
Turkey’s arrest of six human rights defenders leads to more tension with Germany
As German government has been seeking to find a new way of handling with authoritarian Turkey, Turkish foreign ministry stated on Thursday that the...
Jailed HR activists say translators giving inaccurate info about Büyükada meeting
A group of human rights defenders, who have been in jail since July 5, have said translators who attended a meeting on İstanbul’s Büyükada...
EP’s Harms to travel to Turkey to monitor trial of Cumhuriyet journalists
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament and co-chair of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, will be in İstanbul from July 23 to 25...
EU spokesperson: EU monitors emergency state implications in Turkey
A European Union spokesperson on Wednesday said the EU is monitoring the practical implications of a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of...
PM Yıldırım admits did not know identity of putschists when he blamed Gülen movement
A year after a failed coup on July 15, 2016, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said he did not know who had attempted to...
Dozens detained across Turkey over alleged links to Gülen movement on Wednesday
Police detained dozens of people across Turkey on Wednesday as part of Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged followers of...
Director of movies on Erdoğan and coup arrested over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish filmmaker Ali Avcı was arrested and sent to prison by an İstanbul court on Wednesday over his alleged links to the Gülen movement....
İHD’s Yoleri slams Turkish gov’t plans to force coup suspects to wear prison uniforms
Gülseren Yoleri, a prominent human rights activist and the head of the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) İstanbul Barnch, has slammed Turkish government's plans to force...
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