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Bar associations, law societies condemn Turkey’s efforts to reinstate capital punishment

A total of 36 law societies and bar associations from European Union and other countries have released a written statement condemning Turkey’s efforts to...

EU’s Greens: Recent arrests a coup by Erdoğan and government against lawful opposition

Rebecca Harms, the president of Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group in the European Parliament, reacted against the recent arrests of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)...

Turkish police detain 2 Malaysians bound for Syria to join ISIL

Turkish authorities have detained two Malaysian nationals on their way to Syria, where they were planning to join up with the Islamic State in...

Belgian court rules PKK activities ‘armed conflict,’ not terrorism

A Brussels criminal court ruled on Thursday that charges against persons alleged to have carried out activities with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) cannot...

ISIL leader Baghdadi calls on followers to attack Turkey, Saudi Arabia

Terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his followers to carry out attacks in Turkey and...

German justice minister rules out politically motivated extraditions to Turkey

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas announced on Tuesday that the German government would not carry out extraditions within the context of politically motivated investigations...

Washington Post depicts Erdoğan as ‘building a strongman cult of personality’

A piece by the Editorial Board of The Washington Post on Oct. 31 described the effect of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his...

US plans to launch campaign on Raqqa before taking Mosul back from ISIL

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter indicated on Tuesday that a campaign to take the Syrian city of Raqqa, the so-called capital of the...

IFJ launches global campaign in solidarity with jailed Turkish journalists

The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday launched a global solidarity campaign in support of imprisoned Turkish journalists and government-seized media outlets. “Turkey:...

Turkey hits US-backed Kurdish fighters with rockets a day after airstrikes

Turkish rockets hit US-backed Kurdish fighters in the Syrian town of Sheikh Issa and areas in northern Aleppo province on Friday, the London-based Syrian...

Russia to halt Aleppo bombing 11 hours daily for four days

The United Nations announced on Thursday that Russia will stop bombing eastern Aleppo for 11 hours a day over the course of four days...

Rights watchdogs, press groups urge Turkey to end emergency abuses

Global human rights organizations as well as press freedom associations have urged the Turkish government to end its abuses against perceived critics committed under...

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