Financial Times’ article titled “Erdogan paves way for a pact with Turkish nationalists” states that President Erdoğan’s alliance with nationalist party limits the room for improvements in the relationship with…
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VICTIMISATION DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY
A new paragraph is added to the government decree no 676, which is issued during the state of emergency, stating that those who are applying public jobs need to pass…
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THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT’S MOVE WORSENS DIPLOMATIC CRISIS
The Dutch parliament passed a motion recognising the massacre of Armenians in 1915 as genocide. The motion was passed with 142 votes, while only three votes of Turkish-founded Denk Party…
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THE REALITY OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN TURKEY REFLECTED IN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S REPORT
Amnesty International’s annual report of 2017-18 states that the state of emergency in Turkey served as a backdrop for rights violations after July 15 coup attempt. The report says that…
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FINAL HEARINGS OF 29 JOURNALISTS
The trials of journalists who are arrested because of working at the media outlets that are affiliated with the Hizmet Movement or voicing the unlawful policies of the AKP government…
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EU’S FULL MEMBERSHIP AGENDA FOR TURKEY IS OVER
Johannes Hahn who is the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations said “The EU and Turkey should focus on the development of a strategic partnership and not…
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TURKEY IS DOWNGRADED IN CORROPTION INDEX
Transparency International which is an international non-governmental organisation fighting corruption worldwide published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2017. According to the survey, Turkey downgraded six more steps and ranked…
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ARMED ATTACK TO SINGER VOLKAN KONAK
Singer Volkan Konak is attacked with a gun in the pub he was singing in İstanbul’s Ataşehir district by a person who accused him of being a traitor of the…
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TRUMP ENDORSES GUNS FOR TEACHERS TO STOP SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
US President Donald Trump has said arming teachers could prevent school shootings like that which left 17 people dead last week in Florida. President Donald Trump met with the survivors…
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YÜCEL’S LAWYER: THE ECHR TAKES STEPS SLOWLY
Veysel Ok who is the lawyer of journalist Deniz Yücel who is released with the initiative of German government said that now they are aiming to get the ECHR involved…
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