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ECtHR orders Turkey to pay 12,000 euros to torture victim

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 12,000 euros to Turkish citizen Mehmet Uğraş Vatandaş in pecuniary and non-pecuniary...

Deputy PM: Turkey will never return Afrin to Assad regime

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdağ on Wednesday said Turkey will never return the Afrin region of Syria to the Bashar Al Assad regime. The...

Israel freezes agricultural imports from Turkey

Israeli Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel has ordered a freeze on the import of agricultural products from Turkey following the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador...

Turkey expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza killings

The Turkish Foreign Ministry told Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Eitan Naeh to leave the country on Tuesday after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians during...

30 Turks a day have fled to Greece since snap election decision: Greek media

Thirty Turks have fled to Greece daily since the announcement of snap elections in Turkey on June 24, the Greek Kathimerini newspaper reported. According to...

Protestors call for release of jailed Turkish journalists as Erdoğan set to meet May

Dozens of demonstrators including representatives of international nongovernmental organizations gathered at Downing Street on Tuesday calling for the release of more than 200 journalists...

Erdoğan: Potential winners will celebrate if he’s projected to lose elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while speaking to the BBC for a special edition of “HARDtalk” scheduled to air on Monday, said his opponents would be...

Pompeo says US ‘desperately’ needs to get American pastor back from Turkey

The Trump administration is determined to bring American prisoners held in other countries back to the United States, including Pastor Andrew Brunson, currently standing...

[UPDATED] Israeli troops kill scores of Palestinians as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem

At least 62 Palestinians were killed and more than 2,700 wounded by Israeli troops in clashes on the Gaza border, BBC reported, citing Palestinian officials. The violence erupted...

HRW calls on May to speak out on human rights during Erdoğan visit

David Mepham, the UK director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to use the visit of Turkish President...

Foreign Ministry: Capture of ISIL officials in Iraq facilitated by arrest in Turkey

A Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said a senior member of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who had been hiding...

US senator tells Turkey: Take a cue from North Korea, release American hostages

Senator James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma, on Thursday gave a speech on the Senate floor lambasting Turkey for the unjust imprisonment and bogus...

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