PACE rapporteur again calls on Turkey to implement ECtHR rulings after monitoring visit
Stefan Schennach, one of the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Turkey’s obligations and commitments,...
Exhibition in EP exposes plight of Turkish journalists behind bars on World Press Freedom...
An exhibition at the initiative of three political groups in the European Parliament to mark the World Press Freedom Day features the plight of...
Brother of key suspect in Turkey’s controversial coup named top Erdoğan aide
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman and Sakarya deputy Şaban Dişli, brother of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the key suspects in...
Turkish gov’t censors official website of Turkey’s main opposition CHP
The Turkish government has extended its widespread and systematic censorship to the official website of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
According to a...
Interior Ministry to pay TL707,000 compensation to Gezi victim’s family
An Eskişehir court has convicted Turkey’s Interior Ministry to pay a compensation of TL707,000 to the family of Ali İsmail Korkmaz, who was killed...
Turkey’s Court of Appeals approves prison sentence for pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Baydemir
A 17-month prison sentence given to pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Osman Baydemir has been approved by Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals, with...
Senior diplomats among dozens of Turkish MFA staff targeted over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained or issued arrest warrants for 64 current and former employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including several senior diplomats,...
Jailed NASA scientist asked to engage in spying for Turkey in US
Serkan Gölge, a 37-year-old physicist and research scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the US who was jailed last summer...
The assets of the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul seized
Assets of the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul, which was closed down in December 2016, have been seized by Turkish government through the Saving Deposits...
Pro-Erdoğan daily: New NATO drill in Mediterranean targets Turkey
The Star daily, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday said NATO has started a new military drill in...
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