Asylum applications from Turks in Germany see 203 pct rise in first 7 months
There was a 203 percent increase in the number of asylum applications from Turkish citizens filed in Germany in the first seven months of...
Sputnik Turkish firing journalists after decision to strike: report
The Turkish bureau of Russian state-owned news agency and radio broadcast service Sputnik has begun to fire journalists and media workers after they decided...
Turkey’s media watchdog starts enforcement of 7-day blackout on TELE1 TV
The enforcement of a seven-day blackout on Turkish broadcaster TELE1, which was ordered by Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) over its editor-in-chief’s...
Greek police pushed back 5 Turkish asylum seekers fleeing Erdoğan’s crackdown
Greek authorities on Sunday forcibly pushed back five Turks — a mother and her two children, another woman and a man — after they...
Turkish rights group İHD calls for recognition of Yazidi massacre as genocide
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has issued a statement calling on countries that have not yet recognized the mass killings of Yazidis by the Islamic State...
Turkey orders unregistered Syrians to leave İstanbul by September 24
The Turkish government has ordered unregistered Syrian refugees to leave İstanbul by Sept. 24 in the wake of heightened scrutiny over the refugee population...
Investigation launched into suspicious death of Palestinian man in Turkish prison
A Turkish prosecutor has launched an investigation into the suspicious death of Nabeel Hasan, a Palestinian national, in a Turkish prison less than a...
WWF removes pro-gov’t holding chair from board over demolition of trees in Akbelen Forest
The Turkey branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has announced the removal of Ebru Özdemir, the chairperson of Limak Holding’s board...
İHD report reveals at least 10,789 rights violations in 153 Turkish prisons in 2022
A report drafted by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that at least 10,789 rights violations took place in 153 prisons in 58...
Turkish woman wounded in attack at Sweden’s honorary consulate
A Turkish woman employee was seriously wounded in an armed attack on Tuesday at Sweden’s honorary consulate in the western province of İzmir, Agence...
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