Pro-Erdoğan Turks’ violence targeting members of Gülen movement reaches Belgium
Pro-Erdoğan Turks' violence targeting the members of the Gülen movement over a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 has reached Europe, with...
HRW: Erdoğan’s visit an opportunity for Germany to address human rights concerns in Turkey
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel should use the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s upcoming visit as an opportunity to raise numerous human...
Reuters: Erdoğan says court, not politicians, will decide fate of pastor Brunson
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan told Reuters in an interview that the Turkish court, not politicians, will decide the fate of an American pastor whose...
EU lawmakers agree to cancel pre-accession funds for Turkey due to human rights violations
Members of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee on Tuesday agreed to cancel 70 million euros in pre-accession funds earmarked for Turkey on grounds that...
Turkish court sentences former TRT cameraman for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Binali Erdoğan, a cameraman who used to work for the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), has been given a suspended jail sentence of...
Turkey’s Erdoğan accuses Gülen movement of exporting terrorism from US to 160 countries
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been waging a crackdown on followers of the Gülen movement over the past several years, accused the...
Report shows at least 1,021 women murdered in Turkey since 2016
A report drafted by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) shows that at least 1,021 women were murdered in Turkey between Jan. 1,...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 61 military officers over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government issued detention warrants on Wednesday for 71 people including 61 military officers as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting...
German-Kurdish singer Hozan Cane, jailed in Turkey, asks Merkel for help
German-Kurdish singer Saide İnaç, currently in pretrial detention in a Turkish jail, has written a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel asking for help in...
Turkish court gives jail sentence to Kurdish singer for social media postings
A Turkish court handed down a one year, 11 month and 12 day jail sentence to Kurdish singer Ferhat Tunç, convicting him of disseminating terrorist...
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