Kenya’s forcible return of UN-protected Turkish refugees follows armed drone sale
Kenya’s forcible return to Turkey of four UN-protected refugees after they were kidnapped by unidentified individuals on Friday in Nairobi comes two months after...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated right to fair trial of 10 judges and prosecutors
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated the right to a fair trial of 10 judges and...
Journalist sentenced to 6 years in prison over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish court has sentenced journalist Ahmet Erkan Yiğitsözlü to six years, three months in prison for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
20 rights groups condemn forced return of UN-protected Turkish nationals
An alliance of 20 human rights, legal advocacy and social justice organizations has condemned the Kenyan government after it admitted that it deported four...
Erdoğan slams late cleric Gülen and followers as ‘traitors,’ vows to continue fight
In his first comments about the death of his arch-enemy, Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, in the United States on Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called...
Turkish journalist detained, fired from job after expression of condolences for Gülen on TV
A journalist in western Turkey was detained and subsequently fired from her job after she expressed condolences for Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen during a...
UN ‘deeply concerned’ by Kenya’s return of Turkish refugees
The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday over the repatriation of four Turkish refugees from Kenya who rights groups say were abducted and forcibly returned in violation...
Kenyan government confirms deportation of 4 Gülen-linked Turks
The Kenyan Foreign Ministry has confirmed the deportation of four Turks whose whereabouts had been unknown since their kidnapping by unidentified individuals in Nairobi...
Press freedom groups condemn Turkey’s revocation of independent radio station’s license, call for reinstatement
Sixty-four press freedom and civil society organizations have condemned Turkey’s decision to revoke the terrestrial broadcasting license of independent radio station Açık Radyo, according...
CPJ condemns threats against reporter made by local Turkish mayor
Threats issued by Mümin Erol, mayor of Tatvan in the eastern Turkish province of Bitlis, against journalist Sinan Aygül and praise for the bodyguards...
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