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11-month-old baby forced to accompany mother sentenced to 9 years in prison
Turkey
March 13, 2021
11-month-old baby forced to accompany mother sentenced to 9 years in prison
Yasemin Melizci, 29, who was arrested on terrorism charges for alleged links to the Gülen movement and was accompanied by…
VIDEO | AfSV statement on the sentencing in the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey
World
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,…
183 members of Congress call on US government to address human rights abuses in Turkey
World
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…
Turkey to land on moon by 2023 as part of space programme-Erdoğan
Tech
February 10, 2021
Turkey to land on moon by 2023 as part of space programme-Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday announced the country’s National Space Programme, whose first goal is landing on the…
Gangster who mysteriously fled Turkey faces extradition from Kosovo
World
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
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
Turkey
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…
Erdoğan says police will raid New Year’s parties violating pandemic measures
Turkey
December 25, 2020
Erdoğan says police will raid New Year’s parties violating pandemic measures
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said police will conduct raids on New Year’s parties held in disregard of rules…
Turkey says Iranian intelligence was behind elaborate plot to kidnap opponent in Istanbul
World
December 13, 2020
Turkey says Iranian intelligence was behind elaborate plot to kidnap opponent in Istanbul
When exiled Iranian opposition figure Habib Chaab traveled from his home in Sweden to Turkey in October, he did not…
Pregnant woman subjected to sexual harassment and insults by prosecutor during interrogation
Turkey
December 11, 2020
Pregnant woman subjected to sexual harassment and insults by prosecutor during interrogation
Nigar Kocabaş, a pregnant woman who in 2016 was interrogated by Chief Public Prosecutor İbrahim Keskin in the northern Turkish…