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Erdoğan says EP resolution advising freeze of talks not binding, of no value

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the approval of a resolution in the European Parliament (EP) that calls for the freezing of EU...

Deputies to face fine for use of word ‘Kurdistan’ in Parliament

Members of the Turkish Parliament will have to pay fines if they use the word "Kurdistan" in Parliament, according to proposed changes to the...

Sala prayers to be read in 90,000 mosques on anniversary of coup attempt

The first anniversary of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 is to be marked with sala prayers read in 90,000...

Jailed HDP Co-chair Demirtaş refuses to attend hearing in handcuffs

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November, refused to attend a court hearing on Friday when...

57 detained over ByLock use in İstanbul

Turkish police teams on Friday detained 57 individuals from various professions in İstanbul's 32 districts on the grounds that they use a smart phone...

CoE’s Muiznieks calls on Turkish gov’t to release human rights defenders

Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe's (CoE) commissioner for human rights, on Thursday said he is extremely concerned about the detention of eight human...

[VIDEO] Rebecca Harms: ECtHR must stop countries from handing over Gülen followers to Turkey

Rebecca Harms, a member of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, said on Thursday that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should...

Erdoğan-Merkel meet amid tension

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met in Hamburg Thursday, on the eve of the G20 summit. According to CNNTürk the...

US continues weapons delivery in Syria despite Turkish concerns

Amid reactions from Turkey about the transfer of American weapons to Kurdish militants in Syria, the US continues to send military aid to the...

Report reveals 700 out of 950 Turkish military officers abroad purged after failed coup

More than 700 out of 950 Turkish military officers serving at NATO and in Turkish diplomatic missions around the world are estimated to have...

Pro-gov’t daily targets German foundations ahead of Erdoğan’s visit

Amid tension between Berlin and Ankara over President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's activities in Germany, the pro-government Star daily on Thursday targeted German foundations in...

[VIDEO] MEPs criticize rights violations in Turkey as EP resolution suggests freezing accession talks

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have strongly criticized the Turkish government for its systematic violation of human rights and persecution of the opposition...

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