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Jailed media executive faces 2,500 years in match-fixing ‘conspiracy’ trial
Media Freedom
April 17, 2021
Jailed media executive faces 2,500 years in match-fixing ‘conspiracy’ trial
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 2,445 years for Hidayet Karaca, former chief executive of the…
Turkish exporters ditching ‘Made in Turkey’ tags to dodge Saudi blockade
Turkey
April 1, 2021
Turkish exporters ditching ‘Made in Turkey’ tags to dodge Saudi blockade
Some Turkish exporters are rerouting food, clothing and other goods to circumvent a months-long unofficial blockade by Saudi Arabia that…
Turkey’s human rights record makes rapprochement with West ‘impossible’
Turkey
March 13, 2021
Turkey’s human rights record makes rapprochement with West ‘impossible’
Turkey’s poor human rights record makes a rapprochement with the West impossible, Simon A. Waldman, an associate fellow at the…
Black Sea, Turkey and Ukraine: the compensation factor against Russia
Opinion
January 12, 2021
Black Sea, Turkey and Ukraine: the compensation factor against Russia
The intensification of Turkish–Ukrainian relations is one of the main new developments of recent years. It represents an important stability…
VIDEO AND PHOTO GALLERY | 2 teachers working at schools linked to Gülen movement deported to Turkey from Ukraine
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…
Turkey’s interior minister denies strip-search claims, brands rights advocate MP a ‘terrorist’
Turkey
December 24, 2020
Turkey’s interior minister denies strip-search claims, brands rights advocate MP a ‘terrorist’
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu denied recent claims made by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that…
US senator calls for release of female Turkish journalists among other political prisoners
World
October 17, 2020
US senator calls for release of female Turkish journalists among other political prisoners
Imprisoned Turkish journalists Ayşenur Parıldak and Hanım Büşra Erdal are among the female political prisoners that US Senator Bob Menendez,…
Recent arrests aimed at preventing pro-Kurdish HDP from entering elections, former mayor claims
Turkey
October 16, 2020
Recent arrests aimed at preventing pro-Kurdish HDP from entering elections, former mayor claims
Ayhan Bilgen, a former co-mayor from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was recently arrested along with 16 other…
Missile launched near Turkey’s Black Sea coast after S-400s deployed-video
Turkey
October 16, 2020
Missile launched near Turkey’s Black Sea coast after S-400s deployed-video
The Turkish military purportedly shot a missile into the sky near the country’s Black Sea coast, where there was an…
Turkey sets up new military post amid escalating tensions in Idlib
World
October 16, 2020
Turkey sets up new military post amid escalating tensions in Idlib
Turkey has set up a new military post in the village of Qoqfin, situated in a disputed area of northwestern…