German minister hopeful for deal with Ankara to deport unsuccessful asylum seekers
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has said her government is working at achieving closer cooperation with Ankara for the deportation of Turkish nationals with...
University students spend night in park to protest high accommodation prices
A group of university students began sleeping in a park in İstanbul on Sunday to protest the high price of accommodation, while the Turkish...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated right to fair trial of 10 judges and prosecutors
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated the right to a fair trial of 10 judges and...
Erdoğan’s transnational repression leads to 72 pct increase in Turkish intel agency’s personnel expenditures
The personnel costs of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) have increased by 72 percent since a coup attempt in July 2016, mainly due to...
Sweden deporting Turkish national to Kosovo violates Convention against Torture, UN body warns Sweden
The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) decided that Sweden’s decision to deport a Turkish national tied to the faith based Gülen movement to Kosovo...
Representatives of seized Turkish schools in Pakistan file appeal with Interior Ministry
Representatives of Turkish schools in Pakistan have filed a petition with the Pakistani Interior Ministry contesting the transfer of their schools to a Turkish...
Koza-İpek Holding, affiliates seized over Gülen links transferred to sovereign wealth fund
Twelve companies, including Koza-İpek Holding, its affiliates and a luxury residence belonging to the İpek family seized by the Turkish government in 2015 over...
Right to fair trial still most frequently violated right in Turkey: top court
The right to a fair trial is still the most frequently violated right in Turkey, Turkish Minute reported, citing the updated statistics announced by...
Turkey continues arrests for terrorism based on scant evidence, minimal due process: US State...
The US State Department said in its “Country Reports on Terrorism 2023” released this week that Turkey continued to detain and arrest individuals for...
CHP deputy targeted by pro-gov’t media for standing with dismissed cadets
Jale Nur Süllü, a deputy from Turkey’s Republican People's Party (CHP), was targeted last week by pro-government media for standing with cadets who were...
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