Turkish PM vows emergency rule will continue till Gülen movement wiped out
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said in Ankara on Thursday that the state of emergency which was declared following a failed coup attempt in...
Children of jailed victims express their sorrow with messages on placards
Children of purge victims of purged victim in Turkey says: I was 14 months old when my dad jailed
The children of those, who were...
Greece says Courts independent as Turkey angered by refusal to extradite soldiers
After Turkey expressed anger over a verdict from the Greek Supreme Court on Thursday denying the extradition of eight servicemen who were allegedly involved...
Erdogan says Turkey not accountable to CoE, slams PACE
Stockholm (Jan.27, 2017) - Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for attempting to place Turkey...
Court sentences journalist Coşkun over her report on favoritism for jurists
Journalist Canan Coşkun has been penalized by an Istanbul court to pay a fine in amount of 12,600 TL (3.060 euro) over her report...
Turkey’s top court says no gov’t decrees can be issued on property rights
A recent decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court said government decrees including those issued during a state of emergency that seize people’s assets are against...
ECtHR judge: Flood of applications from Turkey could block the court
Işıl Karakaş, a Turkish judge serving at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said on Thursday that an increased number of applications from...
German Federal Bar President asks Bozdağ to guarantee lawyers to perform their duties
Ekkehart Schaffer, the President of the German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer), which represents 28 German Bars and entire legal profession in Germany, has sent a...
Co-rapporteur Mikko urges PACE to place Turkey under monitoring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=8s&v=VDuY8p8qtj0&app=desktop
Marianne Mikko, co-rapporteur on the post-monitoring dialog with Turkey, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), criticized Turkey for jailing journalists en masse,...
PACE committee lambasts Turkey on lack of media freedom & jailed journalists
Stockholm (Jan.26, 2017) - The Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) issued a statement today expressing its deep concern about...
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