MSF: Over 10,000 refugees cross the Evros to reach Greece in 1st half of...
More than 10,000 migrants and refugees entered Greece in the first half of 2018 by crossing the Evros River separating Greece from Turkey, compared...
Turkey’s OHAL Commission decides to reinstate 310 out of 12,000 applicants dismissed by gov’t...
The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission) has examined the cases of 12,000 applicants who were dismissed by government decrees under a...
Bulgarian journalists sent letters to Turkish colleagues in jail ahead of Varna summit
The Association of European Journalists-Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) sent letters to journalists jailed in Turkey as a sign of solidarity with them.
A huge number of media...
Turkish police briefly detain journalist who covered man’s suicide
A journalist who covered the story of a 45-year-old father’s suicide in Kocaeli due to his inability to buy a pair of trousers for...
COMMENTARY — Utah case exposes more dirt on Turkey’s Erdoğan
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Another fraud scheme that extends to the United States has implicated the corrupt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in what is seen...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 22 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government issued detention warrants on Monday for 22 people, including six active duty officers from the Turkish Naval Forces and the Coast...
Jailed Kurdish politician denied release despite medical report suffers from dementia, lawyer says
Jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who was denied release in September despite medical reports, suffers from dementia and can’t look after herself, according to...
511 German citizens victims of Turkish scam over alleged links to Gülen movement
At least 511 German citizens have been scammed out of 7 million euros in total, fearing investigations reportedly opened into them in Turkey over...
German Interior Ministry bans Erdoğanist gang Osmanen Germania
Germany has banned Turkish-nationalist biker gang Osmanen Germania BC, accusing the group of carrying out violent crimes, according to a report by Deutsche Welle...
Abducted teacher in Turkey turns up in police detention after 42 days of torture...
A philosophy teacher who was abducted in Turkish capital on a broad daylight in April and reported missing by his wife turned up in...
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