Turkey removes signs in Kurdish as racist attacks on Kurds surge
Turkey
September 17, 2020
Turkey removes signs in Kurdish as racist attacks on Kurds surge
The trustee appointed by Ankara to replace the pro-Kurdish mayor of the eastern city of Van has substituted local placename…
60 jurists sign joint letter to address Turkey’s detention of lawyers
Opinion
September 17, 2020
60 jurists sign joint letter to address Turkey’s detention of lawyers
Sixty jurists issued a letter on the detention of dozens of lawyers in police raids on Tuesday. The letter is…
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish MP to jail on terrorism charges
World
September 12, 2020
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish MP to jail on terrorism charges
A Turkish court sentenced a parliamentarian from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to 10 years in jail on Friday…
Moldova convicts ex-intel chief over illegal deportation of Turkish dissidents
World
September 9, 2020
Moldova convicts ex-intel chief over illegal deportation of Turkish dissidents
Vasile Botnari, the former head of the Moldovan secret service, received a suspended sentence and a substantial fine over the…
Greece pushes migrants fleeing Ankara’s persecution back to Turkey
World
September 6, 2020
Greece pushes migrants fleeing Ankara’s persecution back to Turkey
Greece allegedly pushed 10 Turkish asylum seekers who had crossed the Evros River on a dinghy back to Turkey on…
Turkey’s war on PKK uprooted residents of 504 villages in northern Iraq: report
World
September 5, 2020
Turkey’s war on PKK uprooted residents of 504 villages in northern Iraq: report
Turkey’s military incursions into northern Iraq since 1992 have displaced the residents of more than 500 Kurdish villages, a select…
Ankara has become Turkey’s Wuhan, professor says
Turkey
September 4, 2020
Ankara has become Turkey’s Wuhan, professor says
According to daily data published by the Health Ministry, in the last few days Turkey’s capital of Ankara has experienced…
NATO says Turkey, Greece ready for talks; Athens denies deal
World
September 4, 2020
NATO says Turkey, Greece ready for talks; Athens denies deal
Greece and Turkey have agreed to engage in dialogue to avoid a possible military confrontation in the east Mediterranean, NATO…
30 students detained over alleged Gulen links denied right to consult a lawyer
Turkey
September 3, 2020
30 students detained over alleged Gulen links denied right to consult a lawyer
Thirty university students detained by Turkish police over alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement entered the fourth day of detention…
Outrage boils over as ECtHR president meets with Turkish President Erdoğan
Turkey
September 3, 2020
Outrage boils over as ECtHR president meets with Turkish President Erdoğan
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) President Róbert Ragnar Spanó met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the presidential…