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German NGO wants UN’s help in halting cooperation with Turkish intelligence against critics abroad
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A German nongovernmental organization in special consultative status with the United Nations called for member states to stop...
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One in every 30 people in Turkey has been investigated for terrorism as a result of Erdoğan’s witch hunt
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Following a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, a witch-hunt launched by the government of Turkish President...
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Parliamentary document shows Turkish officials accuse Greece of pushing back migrants to avoid dealing with them
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey and Greece kicked off a new blame game after 19 refugees froze to death on the Turkish-Greek...
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Turkey goes after foreign NGOs, bars them from attending UN event
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm After having summarily and arbitrarily shut down well over a thousand nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Turkey since 2016,...
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Turkey persistently fails to clear land mines in violation of UN convention
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has for the second time asked the United Nations for an extension to clear land mines...
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President Erdoğan’s security advisor admits Greece has air superiority in the Aegean
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Mesut Hakkı Caşın, the Turkish president’s advisor on security and foreign policy, has stated that the balance of...
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Turkey’s new justice minister was a suspect in illegal arms shipments to al-Qaeda
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s new justice minister, Bekir Bozdağ, appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on January 28, 2022, was...
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TikTok reassures Turkish government that it will fully cooperate on legal requests
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Representatives of popular social media platform TikTok have stated that the company is fully cooperating with Turkish authorities...
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Turkish judge at Europe’s top human rights court continues to protect Erdoğan government
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The judge representing Turkey on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Saadet Yüksel, continues to stand...
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Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly criticizes Turkey on enforced disappearances
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Europe’s largest intergovernmental body that promotes the rule...
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