Murat Belge, a renowned Turkish academic, leaving Turkey as ‘scholar at risk’
Murat Belge, a renowned liberal Turkish scholar known for his activism in favour of a referendum change in 2010 is planning to leave Turkey...
Germany’s Merkel sees hurdles in way of improving ties with Turkish gov’t
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in Berlin with the hope of improving relations with Turkish government and for some positive steps...
Turkish police break into Kurdish publishing house, seize thousands of books
Turkish police have broken into a publishing house by breaking the doors and confiscated up to 3,000 books as well as three computers in Diyarbakır...
Jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş: Intermediaries first to be scapegoated in Kurdish solution process in...
Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (HDP) said on Thursday that his detention on November 4, 2016 was coordinated by...
Turkish gov’t and US seeking a ‘common ground’ on Syria with intensive talks
Turkish government, led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and US administration have been seeking a "common ground" on the developments in the northern...
Turkish neo-nationalists demand ban for pro-Kurdish HDP
The Turkish left-wing neo-nationalist Patriotic Party (VP), appealed today to Turkey’s Court of Cassation to shut down the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), Sputnik...
Turkish gov’t seeks aggravated life sentences for 63 people over coup claims
Turkish prosecutors have been seeking aggravated life sentences for 63 military officers of participating in the controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016....
CoE warns Turkish gov’t of flood of appeals to ECtHR over state of emergency...
The spokesperson of Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland has warned that Turkish government risks further appeals to the European Court of...
15-year prison sentence sought for Turkish journalist who founded two national news channels
Ali Ahmet Böken (46) is a successful journalist (broadcaster) who graduated from Ankara University's Faculty of Communication in 1994. He worked as a journalist,...
Turkish govenment imposes curfew on 176 Kurdish villages, hamlets
Turkish authorities in Diyarbakır has declared an indefinite round-the-clock curfew in 176 villages and hamlets on Wednesday to conduct a wide-ranging military operation against...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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