EU, EP, NGOs call on Moldova to respect rule of law, stop illegal deportation...
European Union officials, European Parliament (EP) members and human rights organizations have called on the Moldovan government to respect the rule of law and...
Turkish prosecutor demands life sentence for jailed journalist Ilıcak for exposing documents on radical...
A Turkish prosecutor on Thursday demanded that a court hand down a life sentence to Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak (73) for publishing an alleged...
Asylum-seeking Turkish teacher and her 3 children stranded at Paris airport
A Turkish teacher and her three children have been stranded at an airport in Paris for 10 days waiting to be deported after French...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 5 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
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Turkish court rules for payment of damages to family of 2015 Ankara attack victim
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7 Turkish nationals arbitrarily detained in Moldova facing extradition over links to Gülen movement
Agents of the Moldovan and Turkish intelligence services on Thursday detained seven Turkish nationals working for a chain of private high schools in Moldova...
Jailed Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak set for next hearing
Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak (73), a well-known columnist, TV host and former parliamentarian, has spent over two years behind bars since her arrest on...
Turkish court releases journalist Uğur Sağındık but rules for house arrest
A Turkish court on Wednesday decided to release journalist Uğur Sağındık, an editor for now-closed Zaman daily, from pretrial detention but ruled that he be...
Turkish court rules to keep Zaman columnist Ali Ünal in jail despite serious health...
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the...
Turkish prosecutors label Guardian, Foreign Policy articles as ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkish prosecutors listed articles published on the websites of The Guardian newspaper and Foreign Policy magazine as evidence of "terrorist propaganda" in an indictment against...
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