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Turkey to minimize troop movement in Syria as coronavirus cases rise: report

Turkey said on Sunday it would minimize its troop movements in operation zones in neighboring Syria in response to the coronavirus outbreak as the Turkish death toll...

PACE Turkey rapporteurs call on authorities to free political prisoners

Thomas Hammarberg and John Howell, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, on Friday urged Turkish authorities to ensure...

NY City Bar marks Turkey’s Lawyers’ Day, decries treatment of legal professionals

The New York City Bar Association released a statement on Sunday marking what’s celebrated in Turkey as Lawyers’ Day, highlighting the pressures against legal professionals in the...

Nearly 70 Turkish nationals aboard ferry test positive for coronavirus: report

Some 70 Turkish nationals aboard a Greek passenger ferry have tested positive for the coronavirus and are being treated at a hotel near the Greek port...

Spain accuses Turkey of blocking delivery of crucial medical supplies

The Spanish government has accused Turkey of blocking the delivery of vital medical supplies urgently needed to combat the novel coronavirus in Spain, according to Spanish...

US ready to help Turkey against Syria if Ankara removes S-400 missiles: report

The US is ready to help Turkey against the Syrian army if Ankara removes the S-400 air defense system purchased from Russia, Kay Bailey Hutchison, the...

Turkish forces shell Syrian positions in rural Manbij, injure 2 high-ranking officers: watchdog

Turkish forces stationed at Al-Yashli base on Thursday evening shelled concentrations of Syrian government forces in the village of Arab Hassan, northwest of Manbij city, injuring two...

Turkish-backed militias shell north Syria, cut off water to some half million civilians

Shelling by Turkish-backed armed groups on Thursday caused severe damage to a water pipeline, one of their many recent intentional actions to block the crucial resource for...

2 migrants were shot dead at Turkey-Greece border, says Amnesty: report

Two migrants were shot dead last month as they tried to enter Greece from Turkey after Ankara “recklessly encouraged” thousands of migrants to cross the border to...

2 mln jobs lost in Turkey due to coronavirus measures, says opposition leader

More than 2 million workers in Turkey have lost their jobs due to measures taken to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the main opposition party said on...

European lawyers group urges Erdoğan to release imprisoned lawyers amid COVID-19 outbreak

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) on Thursday released an open letter addressed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calling for the...

‘Greece is exploiting coronavirus in refugee dispute with Turkey’

In retrospect, it seems that residents of Greece's eastern border regions were justifiably skeptical about the initial surge of displaced people arriving from Turkey, according to an...

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