Turkish FM threatens action if UN fails to end ‘PKK presence’ in Makhmur camp
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has warned the United Nations if they do not take measures regarding the presence of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
Turkish court rules to continue pre-trial detention of Amnesty’s Taner Kılıç
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Thursday ruled to continue the pretrial detention of Amnesty International’s honorary Turkey chair, Taner Kılıç, at the...
Turkish gov’t detains 11 people over alleged ‘terror propaganda’ on social media
The Turkish government detained 11 people in the Turkish capital of Ankara for allegedly promoting propaganda of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and...
Over 16,000 Turkish citizens claimed asylum in EU, neighboring countries in 2017
A total of 16,640 Turkish nationals claimed asylum in 32 countries on the European continent in 2017, according to a report released by the Malta-based...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s spy colonel Kemal Eskintan, master of conspiracy plots
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Based on a wealth of revelations in the last couple of years during trial proceedings, the view that the false flag coup...
Panel at UN Human Rights Council calls on Turkish gov’t to release jailed journalists
International human rights and press freedom organizations called on the Turkish government to immediately release imprisoned journalists during the 38th session of the UN...
Amnesty’s Shetty on jailed chair Taner Kılıç: Erdoğan’s crackdown must stop
The “absurd” arrest and trial of Amnesty International’s honorary Turkey chair Taner Kılıç is “emblematic of the new wave of repression currently gripping Turkey,”...
Pro-gov’t Turkish TV station airs ‘results’ 3 days before elections
A pro-government television station accidentally aired “results” showing the re-election of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with 53 percent of the vote in the...
ECtHR fines Turkey over jail sentences for ‘revolutionary’ slogans
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay a total of 10,000 euros to Emrah Sarıtaş (31) and Mesut Geyik...
Turkish translator indicted over translations of English-language news sources
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Wednesday accepted an indictment charging Turkish translator Sebla Küçük with disseminating “terrorist propaganda” in three of her...
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