Turkish court releases German citizen jailed on Erdoğan insult charges
A German citizen of Turkish origin, Hüseyin M., who was arrested in late August on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
Turkish gov’t bars family of Uighur internment camp critic in China from entry to...
A critic of China’s Xinjiang internment camps who lives in Turkey has said his wife faces deportation to China after she and her son...
Tillerson: Turkish military’s Afrin operation hampering fight against ISIL
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that Turkey’s military operation in the Syrian district of Afrin is hampering the US-led coalition’s...
CoE fails to sanction Turkey over jailed philanthropist, opts for ‘dialogue’ instead
The Committee of Ministers, the decision-making body of the Council of Europe (CoE), has refrained from announcing a plan to impose sanctions on Turkey...
Turkish court arrests former CHP deputy, journalist Eren Erdem on terrorism charges
Journalist Eren Erdem, a former deputy of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) who was detained by police on Friday on terrorism charges,...
EP’s Harms calls on Georgia not to extradite Emre Çabuk to Turkey
Rebecca Harms, European Parliament member and Co-President of Euronest PA, called on the Georgian government on Tuesday not to extradite Mustafa Emre Çabuk to...
Syrian refugee who lost entire family in fire says they were evicted from their...
Hussein Aljasem, a Syrian refugee who lost his six children, his wife and two nephews in a fire caused by a coal burning stove...
Journalist gets 6 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a jail sentence of six years, three months to a journalist on conviction of terrorist organization membership due...
Parliamentary body receives only summary of Turkish lawmakers’ meeting with PKK leader
A special parliamentary body on Thursday received only a four-page summary of a recent meeting between Turkish lawmakers and jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
Ailing 84-year-old inmate not released despite suffering heart attack in his cell
An ailing 84-year-old man serving a sentence on conviction of links to the Gülen movement has not been released from prison even after suffering...
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