Businessman takes refuge with Austrian police after Turkish consulate attempts to seize passport
Yavuz Bülbül, a 37-year-old Turkish businessman, took refuge with Austrian police after officers at the Turkish Consulate General in Vienna attempted to seize his...
11 investigations launched against Turkish spies in Germany in 2017, says report
Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has initiated 11 preliminary investigations against suspected spies of the Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MIT) in 2017, according to German...
EP members: Re-arrest of AI’s Kılıç a travesty of justice in Turkey
Rebecca Harms, together with other members of the European Parliament and the EP-Turkey Forum, on Thursday criticized the re-arrest of Taner Kılıç, chairman of...
A bi-partisan group of US congressmen introduce a resolution to condemn attacks outside Turkey’s...
A bipartisan group of US congressmen have introduced a resolution on Wednesday to condemn "the violence against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence...
DW: Turkish gov’t’s targeting of human rights statue a ‘reflection of fascism’
The Turkish government's targeting of a human rights statue in Ankara is a "reflection of the fascism in our country," Germany's influential media outlet Deutsche...
Dismissed teacher jailed in Turkey’s post-coup purge dies by suicide
A Turkish opposition lawmaker said Sunday that a teacher dismissed under a government decree over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement died by...
Students dancing to Kurdish folk songs beaten by far-right group in Turkey’s Karaman province
A group of university students in Turkey's southern Karaman province were attacked by the far-right ultranationalist Grey Wolves for dancing to Kurdish music, the...
Exiled journalist establishes publishing house to print books banned in Turkey
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has said a publishing house has been established in Germany to print books that have been...
Turkish court sentences jailed journalist Soncan to 7,5 years in prison on ‘terror’ charges
Journalist Emre Soncan, who is among dozens of journalists jailed in the aftermath of a controversial military coup attempt in Turkey on July 15,...
COMMENTARY – Al-Qaeda and ISIL outfits operate in Turkey under charity cover
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Two front aid groups that operate in Turkey’s southeastern border provinces near Syria, led by known militants of al-Qaeda and the Islamic...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...