Finance watchdog visited Turkey ahead of ‘grey list’ decision: report
A team from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog that placed Turkey on its "grey list" in 2021, recently held meetings...
Turks who voted for Erdoğan would be better off in Turkey than Austria, deputy...
A prominent member of Austria’s Freedom Party, the junior partner in the country’s coalition government, has said Turks in Austria who voted for Turkish...
ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 23 judges and prosecutors after failed coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by detaining 23...
Turkish police seal off İstanbul’s Gezi Park on eve of protest anniversary
Following a call made by Taksim Solidarity, one of the leading groups formed to represent Gezi Park protesters, for a protest on Thursday evening,...
Turkish prison authorities refuse to take inmate suffering from cancer to state institute that...
Turkish prison authorities have refused to take a seriously ill inmate for an evaluation by the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK), which could authorize...
Fugitive defendant in 2015 Ankara bombings arrested, released in 2014 despite ISIL execution video
Crucial evidence has emerged in the ongoing trial related to the 2015 Ankara bombings that killed 103 people and injured more than 500, revealing...
Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen spies over Erdoğan opponents in Denmark
An adviser at the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen has confirmed that it collected information on alleged supporters of the Gülen movement, a faith-based social...
Turkish folk singer Aydınlar released on probation after 105 days in solitary confinement
Pınar Aydınlar, a pro-Kurdish folk singer and a member to Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) party assembly member, was released from prison on Monday on probation...
Kenya releases Turkish refugee arrested at Turkey’s request
A Turkish refugee in Kenya who was arrested due to a request from Ankara and later kept in custody by court order was released...
Turkish justice system fails to release purge victim diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
Abdülazim Özdemir, a 49-year-old engineer who was purged from his job at the Ministry of Development in the aftermath of a failed coup in...
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