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Global outcry as Turkish rights advocate MP hospitalized after forcible detention
Turkey
April 4, 2021
Global outcry as Turkish rights advocate MP hospitalized after forcible detention
Prominent rights activists around the globe, in addition to Turkish dissidents, have condemned the detention by force of former opposition…
President of Ukraine had a phone conversation with the President of Estonia
Ukraine
March 31, 2021
President of Ukraine had a phone conversation with the President of Estonia
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid. The parties…
HRW says time to focus on human rights in EU’s Turkey agenda
Turkey
March 31, 2021
HRW says time to focus on human rights in EU’s Turkey agenda
Philippe Dam, advocacy director of the Human Rights Watch for Europe and Central Asia division, has called on the EU…
Prominent MP Gergerlioğlu expelled from Turkish Parliament over a 2016 tweet
Turkey
March 17, 2021
Prominent MP Gergerlioğlu expelled from Turkish Parliament over a 2016 tweet
In a move that has created shockwaves in Turkey and the international community, the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday expelled a…
Turkish intel monitored Erdoğan-critical network in Germany, document reveals
World
October 9, 2020
Turkish intel monitored Erdoğan-critical network in Germany, document reveals
The Turkish intelligence agency surveilled a dissident TV network broadcasting from Germany and investigated journalists who appeared on its shows,…
Sanctioning Turkey complex in several ways, says German top diplomat
World
September 20, 2020
Sanctioning Turkey complex in several ways, says German top diplomat
The European Union should refrain from adopting premature sanctions against Turkey since there is still room for diplomacy in 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…
EU countries obliged to support Greece on East Med issue, Merkel says
World
August 28, 2020
EU countries obliged to support Greece on East Med issue, Merkel says
All European Union member states are obliged to support Greece in a heated territorial dispute with Turkey in the eastern…
Turkey says ready for talks in Mediterranean conflict without preconditions: report
World
August 26, 2020
Turkey says ready for talks in Mediterranean conflict without preconditions: report
Turkey said on Tuesday it is ready for talks with Greece without preconditions about an escalating row over eastern Mediterranean…
Greece to extend fence on land border with Turkey to deter migrants: report
World
August 24, 2020
Greece to extend fence on land border with Turkey to deter migrants: report
Greece will proceed with plans to extend a cement and barbed-wire fence that it set up in 2012 along its…