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Female refugee in İstanbul attacked, threatened by neighbors, insulted by police
Turkey
October 16, 2021
Female refugee in İstanbul attacked, threatened by neighbors, insulted by police
A refugee who has been living in İstanbul with her children for four months was beaten up and threatened by…
Top Turkish court rules former teacher was tortured in police custody
Turkey
September 22, 2021
Top Turkish court rules former teacher was tortured in police custody
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on May 18, 2021 that a former teacher arrested for links to the Gülen movement was…
Erdoğan’s armored cars transported to US at a cost of $270,000
Turkey
September 22, 2021
Erdoğan’s armored cars transported to US at a cost of $270,000
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took two armored cars with him when he flew to the US to attend a United…
Humanitarian relief, climate change, COVID to be discussed at JWF’s UN conference
Turkey
September 22, 2021
Humanitarian relief, climate change, COVID to be discussed at JWF’s UN conference
The virtual UNGA Conference 2021: Transforming Our World, organized by the New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) and its…
Activist Öztürk says she was subjected to brutal torture in secret detention center
Turkey
September 17, 2021
Activist Öztürk says she was subjected to brutal torture in secret detention center
Ayten Öztürk, 47, who describes herself as a socialist activist, said she was subjected to severe torture and sexual harassment…
Greece fires claim first deaths as pressure builds on Turkey
Turkey
August 7, 2021
Greece fires claim first deaths as pressure builds on Turkey
Fires raging in Greece claimed their first two lives on Friday during a heatwave that officials said had turned the…
Greek police pushed fleeing Erdoğan foes back to Turkey
World
August 7, 2021
Greek police pushed fleeing Erdoğan foes back to Turkey
Men, women and children fleeing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s crackdown on dissent were robbed of their belongings and pushed…
Turkish court rearrests victim of rendition immediately after release
Turkey
June 11, 2021
Turkish court rearrests victim of rendition immediately after release
Ayten Öztürk, who was forcibly transported from Lebanon to Turkey in 2018 by Turkish intelligence and testified in an İstanbul…
Statement by President von der Leyen ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
World
January 27, 2021
Statement by President von der Leyen ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On 27 January, we mark the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and remember the…
Black Sea, Turkey and Ukraine: the compensation factor against Russia
Opinion
January 12, 2021
Black Sea, Turkey and Ukraine: the compensation factor against Russia
The intensification of Turkish–Ukrainian relations is one of the main new developments of recent years. It represents an important stability…