Asylum seekers mistreated in Bulgaria, returned to Turkey: report
Migrants arriving in Bulgaria were detained in a “foul-smelling building,” mistreated, denied the right to claim asylum and returned to Turkey, Radio Free Europe/Radio...
EU calls for fair trial of journalists in Turkey over Altans’ case
The European Union (EU) has called on Turkey to respect democratic standards and practices and maintain a fair trial of journalists and writers in...
Turkey’s Erdoğan slams Europe over ‘headscarf ban’
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday strongly criticized European countries over headscarf bans, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
“The headscarf ban is...
Turkey’s intel service spies on Gülen followers, PKK supporters in Germany: report
Followers of the faith-based Gülen movement and supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are the primary targets of Turkish intelligence agents in...
Opposition MP reveals struggles of woman serving sentence for Gülen links with 2 young...
A woman has been serving a seven-year, six-month prison sentence for conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement with her two young children...
Another child succumbs to cancer without saying goodbye to his jailed father
Seven-year-old Selman Çalışkan succumbed to brain cancer on Saturday without being able to see his father, a teacher jailed on bogus terrorism charges, one...
ECtHR finds no public officials at fault in 2015 Ankara bombings
In a development likely to cause great disappointment among families of the victims of Turkey’s deadliest terrorist attack, the European Court of Human Rights...
UN says Turkey’s anti-terror provisions violate international law: report
Turkey’s anti-terror law (No. 3713) does not comply with its international law obligations, and the country’s anti-terror legal framework should be urgently revised, a joint...
Turks in Germany report heckling from Erdoğan supporters
Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Germany have been trying to intimidate voters ahead of the country’s crunch election, Agence France-Presse reported,...
Another journalist arrested in Turkey amid ongoing crackdown on the press
A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of freelance journalist Metin Yoksu, part of an investigation led by prosecutors in the northeastern...
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