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EP’s Harms calls on EULEX to look into Turkish teacher case

Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament, on Sunday called on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) to look...

Trump’s former strategist Bannon: Turkey is more dangerous than Iran

Steve Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart and former chief strategist of the Trump administration, has said Turkey is the biggest danger for the...

DROI chair calls on Turkey to reverse ongoing crackdown on civil society

Pier Antonio Panzeri, chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) in the European Parliament, welcomed the release of eight human rights activists by...

PACE co-rapporteurs call on Turkey to end harassment of NGO activists

Marianne Mikko (Estonia, SOC) and Nigel Evans (United Kingdom, EC), Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey,...

Turkey leaks Topuz’s mobile phone content despite US diplomatic note

Although US authorities had sent a diplomatic note to Turkey on Oct. 10 demanding the return of the seized mobile phone of Metin Topuz,...

Germany launched 11 investigations into Turkish spies in 2017

The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office has initiated 11 preliminary investigations into suspected spies for Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) in 2017, according to media reports. Nineteen...

Report: While advising Trump in 2016, ex-CIA chief proposed plan to discredit Gülen

Former CIA director James Woolsey pitched a $10 million contract to two Turkish businessmen to help discredit U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gülen while he was...

Turkey, Iraq agree to open second border gate to bypass Kurdish region

Turkey and Iraq agreed to open an alternate border crossing to the Habur gate, controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), during a visit...

Turkish forces deployed to citadel overlooking Kurdish-controlled Afrin canton

Turkish military forces, in an attempt to establish observation posts in de-confliction zones in Syria, were deployed to a citadel on Simeon Mountain, which...

US senators urge Trump to demand Turkey’s Erdoğan respect human rights

A group of US senators led by John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bob Menendez, a member of the Senate...

EU welcomes release of activists in Turkey, asks for more

The European Union on Thursday welcomed the release of eight human rights activists, including Amnesty International's Turkey chief Idil Eser, by an Istanbul court...

Schröder met with Erdoğan for release of Steudtner

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to seek the release of German activist Peter Steudtner, Der Spiegel reported...

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