Turkey withdraws as main contributor in CoE, cites monitoring process and awarding jailed judge...
Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has decided to withdraw from its "main contributor" status in the Parliamentary Assembly of...
Trump: American pastor standing trial in Turkey ‘a totally innocent man’
An American pastor standing trial in Turkey on allegations of aiding terrorist groups is “a totally innocent man,” US President Donald Trump said on...
Turkey’s 768 senior public servants, families claimed asylum in Germany
Germany’s immigration office has received asylum applications from 260 Turkish diplomatic passport holders and 508 “service passport” holders since the failed coup attempt on...
PACE to discuss and vote on degrading Turkey’s status to monitoring process on Tuesday
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to discuss whether to degrade Turkey’s status and reopen...
Turkey among CoE countries with lowest spending on its judicial system: CEPEJ report
Turkey invested as little as 15.6 euros ($17) per capita in its judicial system in 2022, while the average judicial budget of the 44...
COMMENTARY — Ted Malloch’s ties to Turkey’s Erdoğan under the spotlight
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Last week US Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential collusion between US President Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russia exposed yet...
Academic fired from Istanbul Commerce University for giving Kurdish assignment
Dr. Bekir Tank, a history professor at İstanbul Commerce University, was dismissed from his job on August 31 for giving an assignment to his...
Human rights activist and former teacher arrested for protesting human rights violations
Acun Karadağ, a human rights activist and a former teacher who was dismissed from her job by an emergency decree-law as part of a...
UN body asks Turkey to compensate businessman arrested, tortured in post-coup crackdown
The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), which works under UN Human Rights Council, has called on Turkish government to compensate a...
One-armed Turkish protestor detained by police after bone in his shoulder broken
Veli Saçılık, a former political prisoner and public servant who was sacked by government decree in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt...
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