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Interior minister: Turkey is hosting 3.6 million Syrian refugees

There are a total of 3,611,834 Syrian immigrants in Turkey who have been granted the temporary protection status, according to a statement from Turkish...

AI Germany says Turkey, Russia violating human rights declaration: report

Amnesty International (AI) Germany’s secretary-general criticized Turkey and Russia in particular for violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the anniversary of the...

Khashoggi’s final words were ‘I can’t breathe’: report

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi repeatedly told his killers “I can’t breathe” during his final moments in the Saudi Consulate General in Istanbul, Reuters reported on...

Saudi Arabia will not extradite suspects of Khashoggi murder to Turkey: minister

Saudi Arabia on Sunday ruled out extraditing suspects in the Jamal Khashoggi case to Turkey, the country's foreign minister said. "We don’t extradite our citizens,"...

Rights groups urge Greece to scrap its part of EU-Turkey migrant deal

Human rights and migrant welfare groups are urging Greece to scrap its part of a deal between the European Union and Turkey designed to...

EU cuts back membership negotiation funds to Turkey in 2019 budget

The European Union is cutting by 146.7 million euros funds allocated to Turkey as part of membership accession negotiations, in a new draft budget...

Turkey, US agree to speed up progress in roadmap for Syria’s Manbij

Turkey and the United States have agreed to speed up efforts to put in place an agreement on the Syrian city of Manbij by...

US prosecutor drops appeal to extend ex-Halkbank executive’s sentence: report

New York prosecutors have withdrawn an appeal to extend the sentence of a former executive of Turkey’s state-owned lender Halkbank, Reuters reported, citing the...

German-Turkish deputy denies Erdoğan’s accusation of terrorist support

Sevim Dağdelen, a deputy of Turkish origin in the German parliament, on Friday denied an allegation made by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that...

Erdoğan says unaware of intelligence chief’s briefing to some US senators

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters in Istanbul on Friday that he was not informed about a meeting between Hakan Fidan, the head...

Turkey’s intel chief briefs some US senators on Khashoggi murder: report

Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), reportedly met with some US senators on Thursday to discuss the October murder of...

CoE commissioner to raise misuse of counterterrorism laws with Turkey

“Anti-terrorism laws in Turkey have made some people’s lives impossible,” said Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) commissioner on human rights, adding that...

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