Merkel says Turkey must put an end to ‘unacceptable’ Nazi remarks against Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has responded to recent comments made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accusing Merkel of engaging in Nazi tactics, saying...
Dutch police removes Erdoğan’s posters from facade of Rotterdam building
On Sunday night Dutch police removed large posters showing Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from the facade of a building in Rotterdam. A...
A German journalist detained by police in Diyarbakır
A German journalist was briefly detained by Turkish police in Diyarbakır on Monday. It is learned that journalist Hinrich Schultze went from Hamburg to Diyarbakır...
Denmark summons Turkish ambassador over spying on Erdoğan critics
Mehmet Dönmez, the Turkish ambassador in Copenhagen, was summoned by Denmark’s Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen for clarification of claims that Danish-Turkish citizens are being...
Work-related accidents in construction result in 1,754 fatalities over 5 years
The Confederation of Revolutionary Workers’ Unions (DİSK) said 1,754 workers have died in the last five years in construction sector work accidents in Turkey,...
Dozens of Twitter accounts blocked in Turkey by court
An Ankara court has blocked access to dozens of Twitter accounts in Turkey which are critical of the Turkish government or Turkey's autocratic President...
Interior Ministry says 966 detained in anti-Gülen operations since March 13
A total of 966 people were detained in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s...
HRW says crackdown on Kurdish politicians interferes with rights of voters
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based international nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said an ongoing crackdown on democratically elected...
House intel chair says seen no evidence showing Gülen’s involvement in failed putsch
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Head of the US Congress House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, has said he has not seen any evidence showing the US-based Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah...
Southeastern offices of human rights organization closed down
Sixteen offices of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (Mazlumder) in mainly Kurdish-populated cities were closed down on Sunday at...
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