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Turkey’s terrorism financing law targeting freedom of association draws concern from UN

UN special rapporteurs in a joint letter sent to the Turkish government on February 11 expressed serious concern about Turkey’s new terrorism financing legislation due...

Turkey detains Russian ISIL suspect at Syria border

Turkish border guards have detained five Russians, including a woman suspected of membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and...

PACE welcomes return of Turkish opposition MP Berberoğlu to parliament

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden, SOC) and John Howell (United Kingdom,...

EU sets deadline for Turkey on tax blacklist: diplomats

EU member states gave Turkey until June to comply with key demands on tax transparency or face being put on the bloc's tax haven blacklist, diplomats...

Turkey investigating Dutch far-right chief Wilders over tweet

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday launched an investigation into Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders over a tweet in which he wrote "terrorist" accompanying an image...

US seeks to defuse row with Turkey over response to Turkish deaths in Iraq

The United States on Monday sought to defuse a diplomatic row with NATO ally Turkey by saying it now accepts Ankara's claim that outlawed...

Dutch security body concerned about Erdoğan’s role in rise of extremism in Netherlands

A secret report on Dutch national security that was leaked on Monday has revealed concerns among the authorities about the influence of what it...

Ankara summons US ambassador over response to Turkish deaths in Iraq

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned US Ambassador David M. Satterfield to express Turkey’s reaction “in the strongest terms” to a US statement...

Erdoğan accuses US of backing terrorists in Iraq

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday accused the United States of siding with terrorists after announcing that outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants...

Germany approved nearly half of asylum applications from Turkish citizens in 2020

Nearly 50 percent of the asylum applications filed in Germany by Turkish citizens in 2020 were approved, according to the German Interior Ministry, Deutsche...

Infighting among Turkish-backed factions in Syria leaves 1 dead, 5 injured: war monitor

Clashes erupted between Turkish-backed rebel factions operating in the previously Kurdish-held northern Syrian town of Tal Talif near the Turkish border, leaving a senior...

Turkey rejects US appeal to release civil society leader Kavala

Turkey on Thursday rejected a US call to release jailed civil society leader Osman Kavala, accusing Washington of interference, Agence France-Presse reported. Kavala, a businessman...

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