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Amid crackdown on opposition, Turkish lira hits record low

Following the rounding up of Kurdish deputies as part of a major crackdown on opposition in Turkey and a terrorist attack in Diyarbakır the...

[UPDATE] Number of victims in car bomb attack in Diyarbakır rises to 9

The number of people killed in a car bomb attack in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Friday morning rose to nine when one...

Germany summons Turkish diplomat over detentions of pro-Kurdish deputies

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday summoned the Turkish chargé d'affaires over Turkey's detention of 11 pro-Kurdish deputies, foreign ministry officials said. "The overnight...

DBP’s Tuncel hospitalized after police intervention in protest in Diyarbakır

Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-chairperson Sebahat Tuncel was taken to a hospital after police intervened in a demonstration in front of the Diyarbakır Courthouse on...

EU’s Mogherini says extremely worried about HDP detentions

Federica Mogherini, the vice president of the European Union Commission and the high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy, has...

German Foreign Minister Steinmeier: I cannot comprehend Erdoğan

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday that he “cannot comprehend comments made by Erdoğan” in which he called Germany a haven...

Belgian court rules PKK activities ‘armed conflict,’ not terrorism

A Brussels criminal court ruled on Thursday that charges against persons alleged to have carried out activities with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) cannot...

[UPDATE] Turkey blocks access to Internet following detention of pro-Kurdish deputies

Turkish authorities blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube following police raids on the homes of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies and their...

Switzerland, Austria to skip youth olympic festival in Turkey, citing security risks

Two countries, Switzerland and Austria, have decided not to participate in the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) to be held in Turkey in 2017...

Gov’t seeks to ease criticism over Cumhuriyet detentions by linking prosecutor to Gülen

In an apparant move to calm critics of an operation targeting the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper in Turkey earlier this week, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ...

Die Zeit paper allocates full page to Turkish journalists under arrest, pressure

German newspaper Die Zeit on Thursday allocated one of its pages to 29 Turkish journalists who are either currently under arrest or face heavy...

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy’s passport confiscated at airport

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü announced on Thursday that his passport was confiscated at an İstanbul airport as he was getting...

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