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Turkish soldier killed by gunfire from Syria
Turkey
July 7, 2021
Turkish soldier killed by gunfire from Syria
A Turkish soldier was killed in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday by gunfire from an area in northern Syria controlled by…
Erdoğan says Biden meeting opened ‘new era’ in relations
World
June 22, 2021
Erdoğan says Biden meeting opened ‘new era’ in relations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that his first meeting with US counterpart Joe Biden had opened a…
Turkish nationalist fantasies and ‘enlarged Turkey maps’
World
March 20, 2021
Turkish nationalist fantasies and ‘enlarged Turkey maps’
Misvak, the most popular ultra-Islamist humor magazine in Turkey, published a map of an enlarged Turkey last week with a…
Turkey’s Human Rights Action Plan: “Makeup on a bedridden patient” – Expression Interrupted
Turkey
March 13, 2021
Turkey’s Human Rights Action Plan: “Makeup on a bedridden patient” – Expression Interrupted
The pressure on dissidents in Turkey has spiked up in the aftermath of the2016 failed coup attempt. The country became…
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,…
Turkish police arrest Mezopotamya News Agency journalist Mehmet Aslan
Media Freedom
January 5, 2021
Turkish police arrest Mezopotamya News Agency journalist Mehmet Aslan
Turkish authorities should immediately release journalist Mehmet Aslan and cease harassing staffers of the Mezopotamya News Agency, the Committee to…
Turkey extends tenure of state of emergency commission for another year
Turkey
December 25, 2020
Turkey extends tenure of state of emergency commission for another year
The tenure of a commission set up by the Turkish government to examine complaints from people who were adversely affected…
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…
Woman as an impetus for radical changes
World
December 18, 2020
Woman as an impetus for radical changes
On December 15, 2020, the International Round Table «The Role of Women in the Modern World. Gender (in)Equality», held to…
Erdoğan gives cold shoulder to aide’s remarks on release of Arınç, Kavala
Turkey
November 23, 2020
Erdoğan gives cold shoulder to aide’s remarks on release of Arınç, Kavala
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declined to support the remarks of one of his aides who called for the…