26.3 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

Diplomacy

US senators seek to block F-35 delivery to Turkey over jailed American pastor

A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday moved to block Turkey, a NATO ally, from receiving F-35 Lightning II fighters over the imprisonment of an American pastor,...

[UPDATE] Gülen-linked man abducted in Baku returned by force to Turkey

Mustafa Ceyhan, a Turkish businessman allegedly affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement who was abducted on Thursday in front of a courthouse in Baku,...

EU’s Juncker says Turkey must release 2 Greek soldiers

Turkey must release two Greek soldiers detained in March on Turkish territory, EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said on Thursday during a visit...

Harms calls on ECtHR to immediately process Sabuncu, Şik complaints

Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the European Parliament’s Greens/EFA group, on Thursday called on the European Court of...

OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkey to release all journalists

Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has called on Turkey to release...

Erdoğan’s foundation takes over 76 Gülen movement schools in 10 countries

The Maarif Foundation, which was established by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in 2016, has taken over 76 schools linked to...

PACE calls on Turkey to postpone early elections: Overall legitimacy at stake

The Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday, expressed concern about early presidential and parliamentary elections...

Bosnian court denies Turkish extradition request for alleged Gülen follower

A Bosnian court has dismissed a request for extradition to Turkey of a Turkish national, one among several wanted for alleged links to the...

Turks in South Africa fear abduction by Erdoğan government: report

“Yesterday we were sitting together, today they call us terrorists. Immediately overnight they changed,” said an obviously distressed Turkish national during an interview with...

Berlin will not let Erdoğan campaign in Germany for Turkish elections

Following a statement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that he would hold an election rally in a European country, Berlin declared that no...

Turkey says US human rights report is ‘full of false portrayals’

Turkey on Sunday criticized a recently released US State Department document titled “Turkey 2017 Human Rights Report,” saying it is “full of false portrayals,...

US human rights report: Turkey violates laws prohibiting arbitrary arrest, detention

The Turkish government has not always observed the requirements of law that prohibit arbitrary arrest and detention and provide for the right of any person to...

Latest news