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Eleven Turkish soldiers killed in helicopter crash in SE Turkey

Eleven Turkish soldiers were killed when their military helicopter crashed Thursday in heavy weather in the country's restive southeast, the Agence France-Presse reported citing...

Turkish opposition gives cold shoulder to proceedings against pro-Kurdish MPs

Turkey’s opposition leaders have reacted negatively to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), with...

Notable increase in anti-NATO rhetoric among Turkey’s pro-Eurasia generals

Cevheri Güven Well-known retired admiral Cem Gürdeniz has recently been referring to the US and NATO as “unfriendly powers” and to the Russia-Iran-China triangle as...

Victim of extraordinary rendition gives account of torture in court

Ayten Öztürk, who was abducted from Lebanon in 2018 by Turkish intelligence, testified in an İstanbul court yesterday about the torture and inhumane treatment...

Germany denies Turkey’s judicial assistance request in Kurdish singer’s case

Official correspondence from Turkey’s consulate general in Frankfurt to the Justice Ministry in Ankara has revealed that a German prosecutor denied a request for...

Germany urges Turkey to release Demirtaş, Kavala as part of human rights action plan

The German Federal Foreign Office has called on the Turkish government to immediately release its political prisoners, some of whom are in jail despite...

ECtHR requests Turkey’s defense for probe into 2 MİT employees in Dink murder case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked Turkey to provide its defense for an investigation into two National Intelligence Organization (MİT) employees...

Prominent Turkish thespians issue joint declaration in support of Boğaziçi protests

A total of 262 thespians have issued a joint statement in support of students and academics from İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University who have been protesting...

Times Square billboard reading “STOP ERDOGAN” draws ruling AKP’s ire

A billboard in New York City's Times Square that reads "STOP ERDOGAN," referring to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose rule has seen the...

Majority of Turks disapprove of Erdoğan’s performance: survey

More people disapprove of the performance of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as Turkey’s president than approve of it, according to the results of a survey...

Turkish court refuses to add US report to Khashoggi trial

A Turkish court trying 26 Saudi suspects in absentia for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Thursday refused to admit a US report...

Turkey remains ‘not free’ according to Freedom House report

Turkey remains “not free” with a score of 32/100, in the same category as Russia, China and Iran, according to “Freedom in the World...

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