Pentagon says not aware of civilian casualties in Afrin under Turkish military operation

The Pentagon said Monday it has no information about civilian casualties in Syria’s Afrin region. "I am not aware of any incidents regarding what you...

Sweden Deeply Concerned About Rights Violations In Turkey

Swedish government on Wednesday expressed its deep concerns on backslide of human rights, rule of law and crackdown on the opposition and media in...

Turkey’s legal framework and enforcement system are inadequate to fight corruption: Transparency International

Turkey’s legal framework and enforcement system are inadequate to fight corruption, Transparency International said in its recent report on the bribery of foreign public...

Jailed Turkish novelist-journalist Ahmet Altan fined TL 7,000 for “insulting Erdoğan”

Renowned Turkish novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan, who has been behind the bars over coup charges for more than a year, was fined TL...

Turkey’s Erdoğan says Syria’s territorial integrity depends on maintaining distance from terrorism

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that Syria’s territorial integrity depends on maintaining a distance from all terrorist organizations, a reference...

Afghan-Turk school raided by Turkish diplomats, soldiers in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e Sharif

A group of Turkish diplomats led by Turkish Consul General Şevki Seçkin Alpay together with dozens of Turkish soldiers and Afghan military police officers...

Lawyer under investigation, accompanied by infant, put in pretrial detention by Turkish gov’t

An İstanbul lawyer, identified only by the initials O.E.H., was put in pretrial detention along with her 3-month-old baby as part of an investigation into...

Symptoms of Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome emerge in 2 educators on hunger strike in Turkey

Early symptoms of Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome (WKS), caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1, have begun to manifest in two educators who are in the...

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...
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Turkish gov’t detains 47 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish police have detained 47 people in an operation targeting alleged supporters of the Gülen movement in the army as part of the Turkish...
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