Helsinki Commission chair disappointed by Turkish court decision on jailed NASA scientist
Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, has expressed his disappointment over a recent decision by a Turkish court to reduce...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP member arrested over dollar comment on social media
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member İdris İlhan was arrested on Thursday on charges of disseminating the propaganda of terrorist organizations and opposing...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 37 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 14 former gendarmerie officers who had been purged from their jobs and...
Social media post condemning anti-Erdoğan Belgian-Turkish candidate sparks debate
As local Belgian elections approach, the post of a Facebook page titled “AK Parti Belçika” (Justice and Development Party Belgium) calling on Turks...
Turkey’s social security body refuses to process retirement requests of Gülen-linked people
Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) is turning down requests for retirement from individuals who have been removed from public jobs or have stood trial...
Turkish gov’t dismisses 259 mukhtars over alleged ‘terror’ ties, misconduct
The Turkish Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that 259 mukhtars, also known as village or neighborhood headmen, were dismissed for alleged links to...
EP Rapporteur Piri warns: Without urgent reforms no improvement in EU-Turkey ties
Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s (EP) rapporteur on Turkey, said on Friday that there will be no improvement in EU-Turkey relations without urgent democratic...
Turkish gov’t detains 16 Gazi University academics over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 16 academics in Ankara on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen...
Turkish court rules for continuation of journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk’s pretrial imprisonment
A Turkish court ruled for the continuation of the pretrial detention of Ece Sevim Öztürk, an investigative journalist who has been behind bars since...
Dutch intelligence report: ISIL using Turkey as base to reorganize and threaten Europe
The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) has reported that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been using Turkey as a...
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