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Russia, Iran and Turkey near agreement on forming Syria constitutional body

Russia, Iran and Turkey are close to agreement on the composition of a Syrian constitutional committee that could pave the way for drafting a...

Ex-British soldier flees Turkey after terrorism conviction

A former British soldier who was convicted in Turkey of membership in a terrorist organization has skipped bail and returned to the UK, according...

Turkey ranks 107th among 162 countries in Human Freedom Index

Turkey, which frequently appears in the international spotlight due to its widespread human rights violations, ranks 107thon a list of 162 countries in a...

RTÜK adds ‘respect for the national will’ to its new code of ethics

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), which has drafted a new code of ethics, has adopted “respect for the national will” as a...

Austrian chancellor calls for immediate release of journalist Zirngast from Turkish jail

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called the detention of Austrian journalist Max Zirngast on terrorism charges in Turkey "unacceptable" and demanded his immediate release...

Russian search engine reveals Turkey’s military sites by blurring them out

Yandex Maps, Russia’s foremost mapping service, reportedly disclosed a series of military sites in Turkey and Israel by blurring them out beyond recognition, the...

Elderly professor given jail sentence for signing peace declaration

Professor Gençay Gürsoy, 79, was given a 27-month jail sentence by a high criminal court in İstanbul on Tuesdayon terrorism charges resulting from signing...

Record number of Turks seek asylum in Europe in October

A total of 2,280 Turkish citizens applied for asylum in European Union countries in October, the highest monthly number so far in 2018, according...

Interior minister: Turkey is hosting 3.6 million Syrian refugees

There are a total of 3,611,834 Syrian immigrants in Turkey who have been granted the temporary protection status, according to a statement from Turkish...

AI Germany says Turkey, Russia violating human rights declaration: report

Amnesty International (AI) Germany’s secretary-general criticized Turkey and Russia in particular for violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the anniversary of the...

Rights groups urge Greece to scrap its part of EU-Turkey migrant deal

Human rights and migrant welfare groups are urging Greece to scrap its part of a deal between the European Union and Turkey designed to...

CoE commissioner to raise misuse of counterterrorism laws with Turkey

“Anti-terrorism laws in Turkey have made some people’s lives impossible,” said Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) commissioner on human rights, adding that...

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