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VIDEO | AfSV statement on the sentencing in the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey
March 12, 2021
VIDEO | AfSV statement on the sentencing in the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey
On the occasion of the sentencing of real and alleged perpetrators in the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey,…
Turkish court finds government culpable in death of 12-year-old Kurdish girl
March 10, 2021
Turkish court finds government culpable in death of 12-year-old Kurdish girl
A Turkish court has found the Interior Ministry partially culpable for the death of a 12-year-old Kurdish girl, who lost…
183 members of Congress call on US government to address human rights abuses in Turkey
March 2, 2021
183 members of Congress call on US government to address human rights abuses in Turkey
A bipartisan group of 183 US lawmakers sent a letter on February 26 to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling…
US senators urge Biden administration to press Turkey on human rights record in bipartisan letter
February 10, 2021
US senators urge Biden administration to press Turkey on human rights record in bipartisan letter
US Senators Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, and Florida Republican Marco Rubio, today urged the new Biden administration to…
Statement by President von der Leyen ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2021
Statement by President von der Leyen ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On 27 January, we mark the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and remember the…
Gangster who mysteriously fled Turkey faces extradition from Kosovo
January 19, 2021
Gangster who mysteriously fled Turkey faces extradition from Kosovo
Reis Sedat Peker, a Turkish mafia leader, was arrested in North Macedonia and will be extradited to Turkey via Kosovo,…
VIDEO AND PHOTO GALLERY | 2 teachers working at schools linked to Gülen movement deported to Turkey from Ukraine
January 6, 2021
VIDEO AND PHOTO GALLERY | 2 teachers working at schools linked to Gülen movement deported to Turkey from Ukraine
Citizens of Turkey, the teachers Salih Fidan and Samet Gure, in Rava-Ruska region in the Province of Lviv, were taken…
Interior Ministry tasks 3 inspectors with investigating alleged irregularities at İstanbul Municipality
December 28, 2020
Interior Ministry tasks 3 inspectors with investigating alleged irregularities at İstanbul Municipality
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has ordered three inspectors to investigate allegations of irregularities at the İstanbul Municipality raised by the city’s…
Turkish Parliament approves bill feared to paralyze civil society
December 28, 2020
Turkish Parliament approves bill feared to paralyze civil society
The Turkish Parliament has approved a controversial bill that would increase government control and monitoring of civil society groups and…
COVID-19 case in Beijing customs leads to delay in delivery of Sinovac vaccines to Turkey
December 28, 2020
COVID-19 case in Beijing customs leads to delay in delivery of Sinovac vaccines to Turkey
The arrival in Turkey of an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac will be delayed “1-2” days…