Another coup attempt ‘hero’ dismissed by Turkish gov’t decree
A colonel who was hailed as a hero for standing up to a failed coup attempt in 2016 was dismissed from the Turkish Armed...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by uploading their correspondence to judicial network server
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to respect for private life of 14 inmates by uploading...
ECtHR says Turkey violated rights of journalist Ahmet Şık
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to...
Turkey detains 37 over ‘provocative’ social media posts following İstanbul mayor’s arrest
Turkish authorities have detained 37 people for allegedly posting “provocative” messages on social media in response to the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu,...
Germany says 100 of its citizens barred from entering Turkey since January
German Foreign Ministry has announced that a total of 100 German citizens have been barred from entering Turkey since the beginning of 2017 on...
Bolu mayor seeks to deter migrants by imposing exorbitant fee for foreigners who want...
Foreigners who want to marry in Bolu will be required to pay a fee of TL 100,000 ($10,100), in an attempt to deter migrants...
Turkish Deputy PM: Turkey’s spy agency has abducted 80 people from 18 countries over...
Turkey’s notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has abducted 80 Turkish nationals from 18 countries so far over their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
356,000 pregnant quake survivors require reproductive healthcare: UNFPA
A total of 356,000 pregnant women in Turkey and Syria affected by devastating earthquakes on February 6 urgently need access to reproductive health services,...
COMMENTARY — NATO simulation in Norway reveals Turkey’s Trojan horse
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A Russian-Iranian proxy group led by neo-nationalist leader Doğu Perinçek, a close ally of Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been...
Teacher’s retrial after landmark ECtHR judgment starts under tight security measures
The retrial of Yüksel Yalçınkaya, a teacher whose conviction on terrorism charges was found by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to have violated his...
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