Category: Politics
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Friday said the US has turned Syria and Iraq into a “laboratory of terrorism,” accusing the NATO ally of collaborating with terrorist groups in these countries, the T24 news ...
AFP PHOTOS Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Friday that Turkey is still lagging behind when it comes to reading books and academic production. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a library at Istanbul ...
ailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), argued in a statement that following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) asking for his release, political ...
Seventy percent of the teachers in Turkey are afraid of losing their jobs, according to a poll conducted by the Eğitim-Sen trade union, because of government decrees that have dismissed some 41,000 public servants from ...
Turkey has demanded the extradition of a total of 84 people from the US over their alleged links to the Gülen group, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Nov 20. Speaking to press following a meeting with his counterpart ...
An indictment against Professor Osman Şimşek, who used to be the rector of the Namık Kemal University in Tekirdağ, is seeking a jail sentence of up to 15 years for him on terrorism charges due ...
At least 743 children along with their mothers are being held in Turkey’s prisons, a report released by the Human Rights Association (İHD) revealed. Ercan Yılmaz, a lawyer and an official from the Diyarbakır branch ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said that Turkey is not bound by verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) following the court’s decision calling for the release of Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş ...
The nine international organizations, on Wednesday, issued a letter aimed at European Union officials who are scheduled to meet with a Turkish delegation this week, urging them to take action to address the freedom of expression crisis in ...
Turkey should weigh the pros and cons of operation east of Euphrates By: Yasar Yakis Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s frequent expressions of his willingness to launch a military operation east of the River Euphrates ...