PACE rapporteur calls on Turkish political parties to avoid negative stances against refugees, migrants...
Birgir Thórarinsson, rapporteur for the crisis facing Afghan refugees from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee for Migration, Refugees and...
Turkish military shelling in Iraq leaves 19-year-old Kurdish girl dead
Turkish military shelling in an area along the Turkey-Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) border in northern Iraq on Saturday resulted in the death of a...
EP to Turkey: Journalists cannot be jailed and accused of terrorism for doing their...
Leaders of five party groups in the European Parliament (EP) reminded Turkey in a letter to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime...
Social media campaign urges release of ailing inmate
Social media users on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to release Ali Odabaşı, the former legal counsel for the now-closed Zaman daily, who has...
Ankara wants news outlet of Sweden-based Turkish journalists shut down for NATO bid approval
A news outlet based in Sweden has found itself in the crosshairs of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government due to its critical reporting,...
Victims of enforced disappearance testify before Turkey Tribunal: report
Victims of enforced disappearances perpetrated by Turkey testified on their abductions by the state agents on Tuesday before the judges of the Turkey Tribunal,...
Local court rejects order of Turkish top court for first time by refusing release...
İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court has rejected the Constitutional Court's (AYM) release decision on the grounds of "infringement of rights" of jailed veteran journalist...
3 Turkish gendarmes detained over alleged killing of 2 Syrian refugees at border
Three Turkish gendarmes have been detained for the death of two Syrian refugees who were allegedly killed last week at the Turkey-Syria border, the...
Man missing for more than 3 months reveals he was abducted, tortured by Turkish...
Zabit Kişi, who disappeared for more than a hundred days after he was reportedly turned over by Kazakhstan to Turkish intelligence and put on...
Turkish government seizes 8 companies in Kahramanmaraş over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government has seized 8 more companies in Turkey’s Kahramanmaraş province as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement. Trustees were appointed by...
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