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CoE’s Muižnieks expresses dismay at conviction of activist Çelikkan in Turkey

Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe's (CoE) commissioner for human rights, has voiced disappointment over an 18-month jail sentence handed down to journalist and...

Reactions mount to assault of Erdoğan protestors by Turkish security

Turkish security officials were part of an assault on demonstrators protesting outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence on Tuesday according to two law enforcement sources,...

DC Police to pursue charges for violence involving Erdoğan’s bodyguards

The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., has issued a statement on a physical altercation that took place outside the Turkish Embassy on Tuesday...

Berlin warns Ankara against ‘blackmail’ over İncirlik

Amid tensions between Berlin and Ankara over the granting of political asylum to Turkish military personnel and the blocking of a parliamentary delegation from...

German parliament to vote on removing troops from İncirlik amid deepening row with Turkey

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday that the Bundestag is likely to vote on withdrawing troops from İncirlik Airbase in Turkey as...

German consul general in İstanbul to visit jailed Die Welt journalist Yücel on Thursday

Turkish authorities have given permission to Germany's consul general in İstanbul, Georg Birgelen, to visit jailed Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who works for the...

Report: Trump asked Erdoğan to secure release of American pastor jailed over Gülen links

US President Donald Trump, who received his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the White House on Tuesday, asked him to secure to release...

[VIDEO] Erdoğan’s guards attack protesters outside Turkish Embassy in DC

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security guards on Tuesday attacked a group of people who had gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in the US capital...

US Congressmen urge Trump to press Turkish president on human rights

Members of the US Congress have sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to press visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Turkey’s deteriorating...

Trump, Erdoğan meet in White House amid strained bilateral relations

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his counterpart, Donald Trump, made a joint statement in the White House on Tuesday, after Erdoğan arrived in...

PM Yıldırım calls on Germany to choose between Turkey and alleged coup plotters

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has called on Germany to make a choice between Ankara and alleged coup plotters who have sought asylum in...

Merkel says Germany may move troops in Turkey to another country

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Germany may move its soldiers to another country if Ankara does not grant permission to members...

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