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HRF urges Turkish gov’t to reinstate 2,745 judges purged after attempted coup

Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally, has urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s the Justice...

UN rights expert, OSCE representative condemn Turkish gov’t’s crackdown on media

The two top holders of media freedom; the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur David Kaye and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...

EU says issuing arrest warrants for large number of journalists ‘worrying’

A European Union (EU) spokesperson has responded to a question by the Turkish Minute on the latest arrest warrants issued for nearly 100 journalists...

Council of Europe expresses fear over state of emergency measures in Turkey

Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has expressed fear over noting detention conditions and allegations of torture in the aftermath of...

Assad says Erdoğan uses failed coup attempt to implement ‘extremist agenda’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using July 15’s failed military coup attempt as a pretext in...

Vatican Secretary of State says aftermath of Turkey’s coup attempt “source of concern”

Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, told in a public event that he found the events in Turkey in the aftermath of last...

Foreign Minister: Coup plotters who fled to Greece not fit for political asylum

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told the media on Friday that the eight military officials who took shelter in Greece were not fit...

Obama advises Erdoğan to stick to democratic values in coup attempt investigations

US President Obama spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by phone on Tuesday and stated that US expects that any inquiry into the...

UK says reinstating death penalty would cause incalculable damage to Turkey’s int’l standing

Alan Duncan, British foreign office minister, said that reinstating death penalty after Friday’s failed military coup attempt would cause incalculable damage to standing of...

EU Rapporteur Piri: Turkish authorities’ reactions raise fear of witch-hunt by Erdoğan

Kati Piri, Turkey rapporteur for the European Parliament, has said that first reactions by the Turkish authorities raise the fear that the government of...

HRW, RSF, others express concern over Turkey’s harsh crackdown after coup attempt

Independent watchdogs such as the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Human Rights Watch (HRW), Freedom House and Amnesty International have expressed concern in separate statements...

US lawmaker says Gülen should not be extradited, calls his movement strongest element against radical Islamists

United States (US) Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, released a statement on Monday,...

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