Expelled pro-Kurdish MP‘s ‘justice watch’ at parliament in third day
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of his parliamentary status on Wednesday and has...
Erdoğan hails ‘progress’ in bid to resume Kurdish talks
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said “significant progress” had been made in efforts to revive dialogue between Ankara and the outlawed Kurdistan...
Turkey’s EU minister says Ankara feels betrayed by EU over accession process
Turkish EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik on Thursday said Turkey feels betrayed by European Union leaders who have called for the end of accession...
Turkey’s massive purge forces even the most fragile to leave
The story of a Turkish asylum seeker in Greece who had to leave Turkey despite suffering from esophageal cancer shows the lengths to which...
Turkish university launches investigation into professor over use of Kurdish poetry books in classes
A professor in the Kurdish language and literature department at Muş Alparslan University in southeastern Turkey is the subject of an investigation for using...
Turkish Parliament rejects proposal on Kurdish language rights
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday rejected a proposal by the country’s pro-Kurdish party to investigate barriers to the public use of the Kurdish language, the...
Germany says Turkey dropped terror link charge against German firms
Germany said Turkey had informed it on Monday that it had dropped accusations of “terrorism” funding against nearly 700 German companies amid an escalating...
3 detained Turkish educators and their families handed over to Turkey by Gabon
Three Turkish educators and their families who were arbitrarily detained in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, were handed over to Turkish officials and taken...
Turkish court sentences former Kurdish co-mayor to 10 years in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced the former co-mayor of Turkey’s southeastern city of Siirt to 10 years in prison on terrorism-related offences, according to...
German Federal Bar President asks Bozdağ to guarantee lawyers to perform their duties
Ekkehart Schaffer, the President of the German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer), which represents 28 German Bars and entire legal profession in Germany, has sent a...
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