Sweden’s Foreign Ministry urges Swedes in Turkey to exercise caution due to protests
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly urged citizens who are living in Turkey to stay updated on developments and avoid large gatherings...
Turkey scores ‘halfway favorable’ in Migrant Integration Policy Index 2020: report
Turkey has scored 43 points on the 100-point scale of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) 2020, moving up from the bottom 10 countries...
X user arrested after posting photo of İstanbul chief prosecutor, wife on social media
An İstanbul court has ordered the arrest of a social media user who shared a photo of İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek and...
WHO warns of worse secondary health crisis in quake zone
The WHO warned Wednesday of a secondary health crisis threatening to strike Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, which could...
Turkish Embassy in Wellington spied on Erdogan critics, profiled unsuspecting residents in New Zealand:...
Critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan profiled by Turkish diplomats in New Zealand were charged with “membership in a terrorist group” by a Turkish...
Turkish authorities detain 71 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 71 people in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Monday.
Yerlikaya said on...
UN launches $1 billion appeal to help millions of earthquake victims in Turkey
The United Nations launched an appeal for $1 billion Thursday to help Turkey’s victims of the catastrophic earthquake that killed thousands of people and...
ECtHR rules rights violated in first purge case from Turkey: report
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has said the rights of a civil servant who was fired in a purge carried out by...
İmamoğlu to European Democrats: Europe and Turkey must share a common future
Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Friday sent a video message to the European Democratic Party’s (EDP) annual congress in Bilbao, Spain, warning of...
Former teacher arrested to serve sentence for Gülen links after rescue from earthquake rubble
A former public servant who went into hiding after receiving a sentence of more than six years in prison for links to the Gülen...
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