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RSF calls on EU leaders to insist on press freedom at summit with Turkey

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written a letter to European Union leaders in advance of an EU-Turkey summit in Varna, Bulgaria, on March 26...

Turkey says missile defense systems from US, Eurosam still a goal

Turkey is continuing to hold talks with the Franco-Italian Eurosam consortium and the United States to buy missile defense systems, Ankara's foreign ministry spokesman...

EP members ask EU leaders to press Erdoğan on rights issues in Turkey during summit

Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, has initiated an open letter with...

CPJ calls on EU officials to raise press freedom with Erdoğan

In a letter to the European Union's top officials, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday asked the union to call for the...

OSCE warns about shrinking space for online expression in Turkey

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Thursday expressed concern about a provision that was adopted by the Turkish Parliament on...

HRW urges EU to press Turkey to admit Syrian refugees, halt deportations

A recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has alleged that Turkey has been carrying out mass deportations of Syrians, calling on the European Union...

AEJ-Bulgaria invites 95 jailed Turkish journalists to EU-Turkey leaders meeting

The Association of European Journalists - Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) has issued symbolic accreditation badges for 95 jailed Turkish journalists to attend the EU-Turkey leaders meeting...

European leaders condemn Turkey’s actions in Mediterranean

European leaders are set to strongly condemn Turkey's "illegal actions" toward Greece and Cyprus in a blistering denunciation to be released on Thursday that...

Erdoğan guards given ‘Get out of jail, free’ card for attack on US protestors

US federal prosecutors have dropped charges against the majority of the Turkish president’s security guards in connection with an attack on protesters during a...

Merkel strongly condemns Turkish military offensive in Afrin

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday sharply criticized an ongoing Turkish military offensive in the northern Syrian town of Afrin, describing it as unacceptable. Speaking...

Turkey calls UN Human Rights Office ‘collaborator of terrorist organizations’

The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a blistering response to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein after his office released a report...

OSCE’s Désir urges Turkey to revisit verdicts in Alpay, Altan cases

“The decision of the European Court of Human Rights shows clearly that the rights to liberty and security, as well as to freedom of expression of two...

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