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236 arrested, 352 detained over coup charges in past 48 hours

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves hunted down and taken...

[UPDATE] EP Rapporteur Piri: EU should immediately freeze talks with Turkey

  After the European Commission presented its enlargement report including the annual Turkey report on Wednesday, European Parliament (EP) Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri said the...

EU minister: Report on Turkey far from constructive

Reacting to the severe criticism of Turkey for serious backsliding on fundamental freedoms and the rule of law in the latest European Union progress...

EU report: Turkey backsliding in fundamental rights, rule of law

The European Union’s Turkey 2016 Report, released on Wednesday, strongly criticized Turkey as a candidate country for backsliding in the areas of rule of law...

Another arrestee found dead in Turkish prison, pro-gov’t daily reports

A 50-year-old man who was arrested following a failed coup on July 15 on charges of alleged involvement in the attempt was found dead...

EU calls on Turkey to respect human rights, rule of law

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini urged Ankara in a declaration on Tuesday to resume political...

Following prisoners’ lawyer, US academic warns against staged prison break in Turkey

Just a day after the lawyer for several political prisoners urged the international community to monitor Turkish prisons amid rumors of prison breaks being...

German state minister says persecuted Turks can apply for asylum in Germany

German Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth has said that his country would willingly accept asylum requests from Turks who are subject to...

Top US general’s Ankara visit indicates no immediate plans of seizing Raqqa from ISIL

Head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford played down the idea of seizing the Islamic State in Iraq and the...

[OPINION] Erdoğan props up his enlisted ally Hizbullah in Turkey

By Abdullah Bozkurt A crackdown on the legitimate Kurdish political movement in Turkey by its autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while provoking militant faction the...

Turkish EU Affairs Minister: Gülen movement is worse than Nazis

Turkey’s European Union Minister Ömer Çelik on Monday portrayed the Gülen movement as being worse than the Nazis, saying the Nazis were like apprentices...

Luxembourg FM says post-coup purge in Turkey reminiscent of Nazi methods

Luxembourg’s foreign minister has accused Turkish authorities of using methods reminiscent of those employed by the Nazis in a crackdown following a July coup...

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