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Turkey says following developments in Washington, DC, with concern

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has released a statement expressing its concerns about the invasion of the US Capitol by supporters of outgoing President Donald...

Uighurs fear deportation as China ratifies extradition treaty with Turkey

China on Saturday ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey, a move likely to help Beijing incarcerate Uighurs seeking refuge in Turkey, prompting fear among...

Turkey signs deal with Pfizer-BioNTech for 4.5 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that Turkey signed a contract with Pfizer and BioNTech for 4.5 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to...

Turkish gov’t uses TRT as a weapon to spread its censorship to YouTube

After taking full control of traditional media, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan began silencing dissenting voices on YouTube. Making use of the platform’s community...

Most of Turkish diaspora intends to stay in ‘more democratic’ Europe, CAP report reveals

Seventy-two percent of the Turkish diaspora in Europe wants to remain in their current countries of residence, which they say are more democratic than...

Online event sheds light on Turkey’s enforced disappearances

The Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led symbolic international tribunal to review and deliver judgment on Turkey’s human rights record, held a webinar on Wednesday...

Top European judges decry situation of Turkey’s judiciary, ECtHR’s role

Several executives from European-based judges’ associations in a series of interviews with the Arrested Lawyers Initiative slammed the political control over Turkey’s judiciary as...

Hand sanitizer brand seized in Europe owned by head of Turkish-American business group

Cevheri Güven The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the EU body mandated to detect, investigate and stop fraud, has seized some 140,000 liters of hand sanitizer...

ECtHR yet to deliver judgment on Turkish TV executive imprisoned for 6 years

Cevheri Güven Hidayet Karaca, a former Turkish TV executive locked up over the content of two fictional TV series, has completed his sixth year behind...

Erdoğan’s crackdown on opponents reached South Korea, judicial document reveals: report

Turkey's massive crackdown on critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was expanded to East Asia, and Turkish nationals living in South Korea were indicted...

Iranian drug lord played key role in Tehran black op to abduct opposition figure from Turkey: report

Naji Sharifi Zindashti, an Iranian drug kingpin who was arrested and released in Turkey in 2018 in a scandal involving the highest echelons of...

Me Too movement shakes Turkish literary world, one author accused of harassment takes own life

More and more Turkish women in social media have begun to recount their memories of sexual assault and harassment by famous Turkish authors in...

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