Rutte reacts harshly, says Erdoğan’s tone becoming more and more hysterical

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has reacted harshly to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fresh wave of verbal attacks at the Netherlands on...

Turkish authorities drop investigation into torture of former diplomats

Turkish authorities have dropped an investigation into the alleged torture of former employees of the Turkish Foreign Ministry who were detained in May 2019...

HRW: Prosecutions of alleged followers of Gülen movement lack of evidence, criminal activity

New York-based international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has highlighted worsening situation with regards to human rights, rule of law, freedom of...

Turkish gov’t detains pro-Kurdish DBP’s Bağcı, co-mayor of Van’s Özalp district

Handan Bağcı, co-mayor of Özalp district municipality in Van province which was usurped by the Turkish government from pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and a trustee...

Remains of 261 alleged members of PKK buried next to sewage line, not returned...

The remains of 261 alleged members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) that were removed from Garzan Cemetery in Bitlis province in December...

Turkish court rules for release of 17 lawyers from pre-trial detention

A Turkish court on Friday ruled for the release of 17 lawyers, most of whom have been imprisoned since September 2017 on accusations of...

Government plunders properties, churches and monastries of Syriac community in Turkey

Turkish government has seized the properties of Syriac (Aramean) community in Turkey including churches, monasteries and cemeteries and given them to public institutions like...

199 Turkish academics who signed ‘peace petition’ sacked in latest decree

One hundred ninety-nine Turkish academics who signed a 2016 petition calling for a peaceful end to Turkey’s three-decades-old conflict with Kurdish militants are among...

Top court upholds prison sentence given to head of shut-down jurist association

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a prison sentence of 10 years handed down by a lower court to Murat Arslan, president of...

Turkish police detain Italian journalist Bianchi ahead of critical elections

Italian journalist Lorenzo Bianchi was detained by police at Istanbul Atatürk Airport upon his arrival to cover Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, according to...
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