German lawmaker wants security guarantee during visit to NATO airbase in Turkey
Alexander Neu, a German lawmaker from the far-left Left party, demanded security guarantees from the German foreign ministry before visiting German soldiers at a...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 33 more lawyers over alleged links to Gülen...
The İzmir Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 44 people including 33 lawyers on Friday as part of an investigation into İzmir...
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...
Turkey takes crackdown on press freedom beyond its borders, seeks extradition of journalist from...
In a new effort to silence government critics abroad, a Turkish court has requested the extradition of a Turkish journalist who is living in...
French national tortured by fellow inmates in Turkish prison due to sexual orientation
Fabien Azoulay, a gay and Jewish French national who is serving 16 years, eight months in a Turkish prison for buying drugs online, was...
Germany signs 5 weapons deals with Turkish gov’t in 4 months
While weapons trade between Germany and Turkey has decreased compared to previous years, it has come to light that the German government made five...
EU spokesperson: EU monitors emergency state implications in Turkey
A European Union spokesperson on Wednesday said the EU is monitoring the practical implications of a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of...
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...
Turkish gov’t detains 11 more people for opposing Afrin operation on social media
Turkish government has detained at least 11 more people over their critical stance against Turkish military operation in Afrin region of northern Syria on Thursday. In...
Turkish gov’t bans main opposition officials from soldiers’ funerals
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Thursday he had banned local officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) from attending Turkish...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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