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German arms sales to Turkey declined by $10.6 million in 2020

Figures provided by the German Ministry of Economy have revealed that arms sales to Turkey decreased by €8.7 million ($10.6 million) in 2020 compared...

70 percent of Kurdish youths face discrimination, research shows

Seventy percent of Kurdish youths in Turkey encounter discrimination in their daily lives, according to joint research conducted by the Rawest Research Center, the...

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...

Ankara prosecutor launches investigation into campaign to stop unlawful strip-searches

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into recent social media posts and news reports exposing the extensive use of strip-searches...

New bill promises further gov’t encroachment on civil society in Turkey

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has proposed a bill to parliament that authorizes the interior minister to shut down associations and the...

22 deputies submit parliamentary question on strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons

The women's council of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has submitted a question to the Turkish Parliament about an increasing number of allegations...

Opposition leader slams strip-searches, says party ready to support legislation banning them

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday broke his silence on a heated debate over unlawful strip-searches conducted on...

Former Kurdish deputy arrested after court hands down lengthy prison sentence

Leyla Güven, a Kurdish politician who was ousted from the Turkish Parliament in June and handed down a sentence of 22 years, three months...

ECtHR calls for immediate release of Kurdish politician Demirtaş in new ruling

The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday called for the immediate release of a Kurdish politician who has been behind bars...

Ex-employee of Turkish embassy arrested over alleged trafficking of 100 kilos of heroin

Veysel Filiz, a former press counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Brussels and the European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion (EMISCO) spokesperson, was arrested...

İstanbul has left behind peak of second coronavirus wave: governor

The governor of Turkey’s most populous city of İstanbul has announced that the city has moved beyond the second wave peak of the coronavirus...

Turkey’s ‘hyper-presidential system’ violates separation of powers, undermines parliament: report

A report released by the Checks and Balances Network (Denge ve Denetleme Ağı, DDA), a Turkish umbrella group for 295 nongovernmental organizations, states that...

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