Kurds celebrate ‘Kurdish Language Day’ across the world
Kurds around the world celebrated "Kurdish Language Day" on May 15 to honour the Kurdish language, which has been suppressed for decades, especially in...
Erdoğan’s party rejects motion to cancel agreements between Turkey and Israel
A motion proposing the annulment of economic, military and political agreements between Turkey and Israel was voted down by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling...
ECtHR sentences Turkey to pay 12,000 euros over torture
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 12,000 euros to Turkish citizen Mehmet Uğraş Vatandaş as pecuniary and non-pecuniary...
30 Turks a day have fled to Greece since snap election decision
Thirty Turks have fled to Greece daily since the announcement of snap elections in Turkey on June 24, the Greek Kathimerini newspaper reported.
According to...
HDP party council member arrested at İstanbul airport to serve prison sentence
Pınar Aydınlar, party council member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who is also a famous folk singer, was arrested on Tuesday due...
Turkish opposition İYİ Party’s Akşener calls for Demirtaş’s release
İYİ Party presidential candidate Meral Akşener on Tuesday called for the release from prison of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) former leader Selahattin Demirtaş, during...
Turkish gov’t asks Israeli ambassador to leave the country over Gaza killings
The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Eitan Naeh as the death toll from Israeli gunfire on Palestinian protesters rose to 60 along...
2 journalists face lengthy jail sentences due to criticism of Turkey’s Afrin operation
An indictment drafted by Turkish prosecutors seeks 10 and a half years for two journalists, Artı TV Ankara representative Sibel Hürtaş and Mezopotamya news...
Greek appeals court approves asylum for 2nd Turkish officer
The Athens Court of Appeals has approved the asylum request of another military officer who fled to neighboring Greece in a military helicopter following...
British Premier May to raise human rights violations in Turkey during Erdoğan meeting
British Prime Minister Theresa May was expected to raise human rights issues in talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in London later on...
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