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Erdoğan to visit Berlin once new German government formed

Two days after the release of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Germany...

CoE’s Jagland criticizes Turkish gov’t over human rights violations

Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland criticized the Turkish government’s human rights violations under a state of emergency during a speech he delivered in...

Verdict of life in prison for Turkish journalists sparks int’l condemnation

A verdict of aggravated life imprisonment, or life without parole, handed down to three Turkish journalists on Friday on charges of attempting to destroy...

Report: 8,480 Turkish citizens sought asylum in Germany in 2017

According to data from the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), 8,480 Turkish nationals claimed asylum in Germany in 2017, Deutsche Welle Turkish...

Yücel: I was released with a ruling ordering me to stay in prison

German Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, who was released on Friday by an İstanbul court following a year spent in Silivri Prison, said while leaving...

Harms: Yücel’s release overshadowed by cruel verdict against his Turkish colleagues

Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, on Friday criticized the verdict of...

OSCE, UN representatives: Life sentences for Turkish journalists an attack on freedom of expression

Today’s court decision to imprison journalists for life constitutes an unparalleled level of suppression of dissenting voices in Turkey, Harlem Désir, OSCE representative on...

Turkey, US agree during Tillerson visit to normalize badly strained relations

The US and Turkey have retreated from the verge of a potentially disastrous crisis on Friday, agreeing to normalize relations badly strained over Syria...

German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel released by İstanbul court

Deniz Yücel, a German Turkish journalist whose detention had been a source of tension between Ankara and Berlin, was released on Friday by an...

6 journalists including Altan brothers given aggravated life sentences

A Turkish court on Friday handed down aggravated life sentences to three prominent journalists and three other defendants on charges of attempting to destroy...

Detention warrants issued for 72 people over Gülen links

The Ankara and Tokat chief public prosecutor’s offices on Friday issued detention warrants for 72 people including 20 military members over alleged links to...

Education Ministry cancels licenses of 1,272 educators over Gülen links

The Turkish Ministry of Education has canceled the teaching licenses of an additional 1,272 people who work for private education companies on suspicion of...

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