Turkish journalist on Erdoğan’s wishlist worries about future in Sweden
A Turkish journalist exiled in Stockholm is increasingly worried he will be used as a bartering chip after Turkey’s president singled out his extradition...
Turkish judge on European rights court acts as Erdoğan’s Trojan horse
The judge representing Turkey on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dissents from majority opinions in cases whose applicants are political critics of Turkish President...
Turkey moves to block jailed Istanbul mayor’s YouTube channel and campaign account
Turkish authorities have ordered the official YouTube channel of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and an X account operated by his presidential campaign office...
Turkey becomes 149th most peaceful country in the world under Erdoğan’s rule
Turkey has become the 149th most peaceful county among 163 countries in the world, according to the Global Peace Index 2018 (GPI) report released by...
Germany to deport thousands of Turks with rejected asylum applications
Amid an increasing number of Turkish citizens seeking refuge in Europe, particularly in Germany, the German and Turkish governments have reached an agreement on...
Inmate with epilepsy who has undergone 3 brain surgeries suffers severe seizure in prison
Former teacher Abdullah Aslan, whose repeated requests for release have been rejected, had a major epileptic seizure in a Turkish prison ward on Monday,...
Purged academic Mehmet Altan’s appeal rejected by OHAL Commission based on nonexistent document
Academic and journalist Mehmet Altan's appeal for reinstatement to his job at Istanbul University was rejected by a commission reviewing decisions taken by the...
Dismissed police officer imprisoned over alleged Gülen links dies of cancer at 51
Bülent Kemik, a former police officer dismissed from his job and later imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of colon...
Jailed Gülen sympathisers accused of ‘not supporting Turkish national football team’
A man from Turkey's Iğdır province identified as A.B., who shared a cell with people jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement, told Turkish...
Turkey’s top court rules rights violation in 2016 death during Şırnak curfew
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has ruled that the death of a Kurdish man during the 2015-2016 curfews in Şırnak was an unlawful killing...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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