EU’s Hahn says urgent need for negative trend in Turkey to be reversed
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Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, said on Tuesday that there is an urgent need for the negative trend...
OSCE, UN media freedom watchdogs call on Turkey to release jailed journalists
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and United Nations officials for media freedom on Tuesday called on Turkey to release six...
Commerzbank: Turkey’s official growth figures questionable, possibly politically influenced
Germany’s second-largest bank, Commerzbank, has said Turkey’s official growth figures released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) are more than questionable and may have...
Report: 1002 more religious schools opened in Turkey last year
According to a report released by Turkey’s Education Ministry, Islamization of Turkish education system has geared up during the educational year of 2017-2017. While there...
Israel warns its citizens against travel to Turkey
The Israeli authorities on Monday issued a travel warnings urging Israeli travelers to avoid places where they would be prime targets for jihadist militants,...
Life sentence demanded for NSU member accused of murdering 8 Turks
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Men kill 183 women and girls, use violence against 278 in Turkey in 8...
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Turkish Deputy PM says US judiciary has become tool of Gülen movement plan
Referring to an arrest warrant from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer...
German FM says Berlin has halted arms exports to Turkey
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday that Germany has halted major arms sales to Turkey due to the worsening human rights situation...
Turkey detains 18 lawyers defending jailed hunger striker educators
A total of 18 lawyers for jailed hunger striker teachers Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça have been detained just days before the teachers’ trial...
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