IBAHRI calls on Turkish gov’t to end torture of detained lawyers, persecution of HR...
The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), an international lawyers group, has released a statement to mark the "2018 Day of the Endangered Lawyer" amid...
Turkish PM Yıldırım slams US, says holding business with terrorists ‘humiliating’
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said on Thursday that the US cooperation with "terrorist organisations" is self-humiliating for Washington. According to report by Turkey's...
Turkish Deputy PM: If US wants no confrontation, must stop arming terrorists
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ on Thursday said if the US does not want a confrontation with Turkey, it should stop arming terrorist...
Germany searches for Turkey’s most wanted alleged coup suspect Adil Öksüz
Germany has reportedly launched an investigation against Adil Öksüz, one of the alleged masterminds behind the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 amid...
PACE members urge Turkish government to halt operations against Syria’s Afrin
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) members held a discussion on Wednesday over Turkish military operations on Afrin province of northern Syria...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 129 police officers, detains at least 120 people...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants on Thursday for 129 police officers who were dismissed by government decrees under the rule of emergency declared...
Jailed Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay: Injustice I endure must come to an end
Şahin Alpay, a jailed Turkish veteran journalist and columnist of now-closed Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, has said in a letter that "I am...
Trump conveys US concerns over Afrin to Turkey’s Erdoğan, warns it risks undercutting shared...
US President Donald J. Trump has conveyed US concerns over escalating violence in Syria's Afrin province to Turkish government during his telephone talks with Turkish...
Turkish government’s war in domestic front goes on against critics of military campaign in...
Turkish government's war against the critics of the military campaign targeting Kurdish armed groups in Syria's Afrin province goes on in the 'domestic front'...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s personal war game in Syria using the Turkish military
By Abdullah Bozkurt
US military planners in the Department of Defense long ago made a calculated decision to not trust the regime of Turkish President...
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