6 mln votes cast in 22,000 ballot boxes in May 14 elections are ‘suspicious’:...
The nationalist İYİ (Good) Party has raised allegations of election fraud that potentially affected 6 million votes cast in tens of thousands of ballot...
Journalists, politicians protest in Berlin after attack on exiled Turkish journalist
Dozens of journalists and politicians protested in Berlin on Friday against a recent attack on Erk Acarer, a Turkish journalist critical of President Recep...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan sends an operative as ambassador to the Netherlands
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The appointment of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confidante and corrupt politician Şaban Dişli as a non-career ambassador to the Netherlands suggests the Turkish...
Turkish authorities detain popular street interviewer after Erdoğan criticizes independent journalism
A day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan targeted street interviews in a public speech, well-known interviewer Arif Kocabıyık was detained in the southern...
Germany’s Left Party calls for simplified visa procedures for gov’t opponents from Turkey
Co-chairperson of Germany’s Left Party Martin Schirdewan has called on the government to make visa application procedures easier for government opponents in Turkey since...
EU Parliament investigation condemns Frontex’s failure to act on pushbacks
The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex has failed to protect the rights of people at EU borders, a fact-finding investigation by...
Turkish court rules for release of 17 lawyers from pre-trial detention
A Turkish court on Friday ruled for the release of 17 lawyers, most of whom have been imprisoned since September 2017 on accusations of...
Takeover of firms linked to İmamoğlu marks turning point in Turkey’s political seizure of...
A Turkish state body’s takeover of companies tied to jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu marks a new phase in the use of trusteeships to...
UK provided £3m to Turkish border forces to stop migrants: report
The United Kingdom’s Home Office has provided more than £3m in funding to Turkish border forces in the last year to prevent migrants from...
Teachers fleeing Ankara’s crackdown to be deported to Bulgaria by Germany, fear possible extradition...
A German court has rejected the asylum applications of two Turkish teachers who worked for schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Vietnam, ruling...
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