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ECHR fines Moldova for expelling Turkish teachers at Ankara’s request
Having considered the lawsuit of five people who were arrested in Moldova on suspicion of «involvement in so-called Terrorist Organization…
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EU grants Turkey €275 million to build railway from İstanbul to Bulgarian border
The European Union will grant Turkey 275 million euros ($311 million) to fund part of a 155-kilometer rail line from…
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European rights court fines Moldova for expelling Turkish teachers
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has imposed a fine on Moldova over the expulsion of teachers at the…
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Turkey
ECtHR rejects 2010 application of Sledgehammer defendants
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday found an application made in 2010 by retired general Çetin Doğan…
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Adem Yavuz Arslan
U.N decision opens doors for release of victims of decree-law in Turkey
On the day the “Judicial Reform Package” was announced, which was ordered by Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to be…
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World
13 killed in car bomb blast in Turkish-held Syrian city: report
A car bomb killed at least 13 people Sunday night near a mosque in a northern town held by Turkey-backed…
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Turkey
Former diplomats sexually abused with batons and tortured: Bar Association
Former Turkish diplomats arrested over terrorism charges claim they have been tortured as well as sexually abused with police batons,…
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Turkey
Court hears how police tortured detainees
Ten people detained in Turkey’s southeastern Sanliurfa following a counter-terrorism operation in the province testified in court on Thursday that…
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Turkey
Construction worker gets jail term for posting cartoons that criticize Erdogan
Deniz Avci, a construction worker in Turkey’s western province of Balıkesir, was sentenced to two years and two months in…
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China seeks Turkey’s support in fight against terrorism in Uighur region
China has called on Turkey to support its fight against militants operating in China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang,…
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