Turkey
Turkey to construct 50,000 houses in Syria’s Idlib to stop new migrant influx
World
June 26, 2020
Turkey to construct 50,000 houses in Syria’s Idlib to stop new migrant influx
Turkey on Thursday pledged to construct 50,000 houses near the Turkish border in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province in an attempt…
Turkish airstrike kills 1 civilian, injures 6 in northern Iraq: report
World
June 26, 2020
Turkish airstrike kills 1 civilian, injures 6 in northern Iraq: report
A Turkish airstrike on Iraqi Kurdistan killed one person and wounded six others on Thursday, a local official said, as…
Libyan oil company says Russian mercenaries entered oilfield, with output blocked: report
World
June 26, 2020
Libyan oil company says Russian mercenaries entered oilfield, with output blocked: report
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Friday Russian and other foreign mercenaries had entered the Sharara oilfield on Thursday,…
Turkey hands down life sentences to 121 more defendants in coup trials: report
Turkey
June 26, 2020
Turkey hands down life sentences to 121 more defendants in coup trials: report
An Ankara court on Friday handed down life sentences to 121 defendants in connection with the attempted overthrow of Turkish…
US State Dept. says Turkey invokes counterterrorism laws to criminalize freedom of expression
World
June 26, 2020
US State Dept. says Turkey invokes counterterrorism laws to criminalize freedom of expression
In its “Country Reports on Terrorism 2019” released this week, the US State Department said Turkey has a broad definition…
Another man testifies about torture by security officers during enforced disappearance
Turkey
June 25, 2020
Another man testifies about torture by security officers during enforced disappearance
Yasin Ugan, who had been missing for six months before suddenly reappearing in police custody, has revealed in court that…
Transportation authority rejects İstanbul mayor’s plan to issue new taxicab licenses
Turkey
June 25, 2020
Transportation authority rejects İstanbul mayor’s plan to issue new taxicab licenses
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s plan to issue 6,000 new taxicab licenses and accompanying plates has been rejected by the city’s…
Bellini’s Sultan Mehmed painting acquired by İstanbul Municipality: mayor
Turkey
June 25, 2020
Bellini’s Sultan Mehmed painting acquired by İstanbul Municipality: mayor
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has acquired a 15th century painting of Fatih Sultan Mehmed, the Ottoman sultan who conquered Constantinople…
US: Turkey regularly invoked terrorism law to criminalize exercise of human rights in 2019
World
June 25, 2020
US: Turkey regularly invoked terrorism law to criminalize exercise of human rights in 2019
In its “Country Reports on Terrorism 2019” released yesterday, the US State Department said Turkey has a broad definition of…
2 more Kurdish party mayors removed from office in Turkey’s Southeast
Turkey
June 25, 2020
2 more Kurdish party mayors removed from office in Turkey’s Southeast
Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Thursday decided to remove from office the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-mayors of Elazığ’s Sarıcan…