Turkish court gives 36 years in total to 11 Kurdish minors in Sur case
A Turkish court has given 36 years in total to 11 Kurdish minors who had been trapped in Diyarbakır's Sur district during a curfew...
Austrian Chancellor Kurz receives death threats after targeted by Turkey’s Erdoğan
Austrian security forces have gone on full alert after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally targeted Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who ordered the closing...
Israeli court orders Turkish woman’s conditional release
An Israeli court on Monday ordered the conditional release of Ebru Özkan, a Turkish citizen who has been under arrest since June 11 for...
Afghan security forces raid Afghan-Turk Boys High School in Shibirghan
The Afghan-Turk Boys High School in Shibirghan was raided by members of the Afghan security forces under the command of Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid...
Turkish gov’t denies funeral service to teacher who sought asylum in Greece
The Turkish government has denied a funeral service to Halil Dinç, a veteran teacher who died of a heart attack in Greece, where he...
PACE to watch activities of Turkey’s Diyanet in Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will monitor the activities of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) in Europe and the...
French intellectuals protest Macron inviting Turkey’s Erdoğan to World War I ceremonies
A group of French intellectuals, politicians and civil society organizations published a joint letter in Le Monde on Tuesday protesting French President Emmanuel Macron for inviting...
ECtHR orders Turkey to pay damages to German-Turkish reporter
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ordered Turkey to pay damages in excess of 12,300 euros ($14,000) to a German-Turkish journalist, ruling...
Turkey is no longer a country governed by the rule of law, says a...
In a new report unveiled today as part of continuing series that focus on human rights violations and arbitrariness in the application of the...
EU calls on Turkey to investigate abduction cases targeting Gülen movement
The European Union (EU) on Thursday said it was closely following developments in Turkey including the abductions of people from the Gülen movement, reminding...
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