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Bild: Erdoğan offered to swap German journalist Yücel for Turkish generals

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered to exchange German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, imprisoned in Turkey on terror charges, for two Turkish generals who fled...

Report: 76 newborns stateless as Turkey denies passports over parents’ Gülen links

Seventy-six babies have been born stateless in the last three months because Turkish diplomatic missions are denying consular services to people allegedly linked to...

Canadian rights advocate says Turkey’s post-coup crackdown amounts to genocide

Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt against followers of the faith-based Gülen movement is tantamount to genocide, Renee Vaugeois, a Canadian human rights specialist, said in a...

Gülen in exclusive interviews reiterates no involvement in coup attempt

US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has denied Turkish authorities' accusations of masterminding a failed coup in Turkey last year, in interviews with the...

Bundestag calls on Turkey to release detained AI human rights activists

Matthias Zimmer, chairman of the German Bundestag’s Committee on Human Rights, on Monday sent a letter to the Turkish Embassy in Berlin urging Turkey...

[VIDEO] Amnesty protests arrest of 2 members in front of Turkish embassies

Amnesty International members have protested the detention and arrest in Turkey of İdil Eser and Taner Kılıç, both of AI, in front of Turkish...

ErdoÄŸan: Turkey may not ratify Paris climate accord

Following the US decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has said Turkey may not ratify...

Germany begins to withdraw forces from Ä°ncirlik base

Germany has begun to withdraw forces from Turkey’s İncirlik Airbase after the Turkish government denied requests from German parliamentarians to visit the troops at...

[VIDEO] ErdoÄŸan: Detained human rights defenders gathered to plan follow-up coup

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan accused a group of recently detained human rights defenders of plotting a follow-up to a July 15, 2016 coup...

[VIDEO] Rebecca Harms: ECtHR must stop countries from handing over Gülen followers to Turkey

Rebecca Harms, a member of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, said on Thursday that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should...

[VIDEO] MEPs criticize rights violations in Turkey as EP resolution suggests freezing accession talks

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have strongly criticized the Turkish government for its systematic violation of human rights and persecution of the opposition...

TU Berlin regrets giving honorary doctorate to Turkish PM

Technical University of Berlin has expressed regret for bestowing an honorary doctorate on Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in 2011, the Diken news website...

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