Turkey’s French Teachers Caught in Diplomatic Crosshairs
More than a dozen French professors at a top Turkish university face the threat of expulsion after being denied work permits while a diplomatic feud rages between Paris and Ankara.
Read moreMore than a dozen French professors at a top Turkish university face the threat of expulsion after being denied work permits while a diplomatic feud rages between Paris and Ankara.
Read moreA federal court in New York conditionally dismissed a suit brought by hundreds of judgment creditors of Iran against Turkey’s Halkbank relating to claims it skirted U.S. sanctions against Iran and supported state-sponsored terrorism. Most of the plaintiffs do not live in the U.S. and Turkey would be a more appropriate forum for the case.
Read moreNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern angrily accused Australia Tuesday of shirking its responsibility for a dual national arrested in Turkey with alleged links to the Islamic State militant group.
Read moreTurkey on Thursday rejected a U.S. call to release jailed civil society leader Osman Kavala, accusing Washington of interference.
Read moreThe European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled against Turkey in the case of a girl who was forced into prostitution from the age of 12, saying she was not given sufficient legal protection and support.
Read moreAn unusual friendship between a Turkish man and a swan he rescued has endured for decades.
Read moreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced student protesters as “terrorists” and vowed to crackdown on demonstrations opposing the appointment of a government loyalist to head Istanbul’s most prestigious university.
Read moreThe European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday that Turkey violated a British artist’s freedom of speech by convicting him of “insulting” Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he was prime minister.
Read moreA devoted dog spent five days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey where her sick owner was receiving treatment.
Read moreTurkey on Tuesday slapped advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their noncompliance with a controversial new law that requires social media platforms to appoint legal representatives in the country.
Read moreTurkey’s competition authority on Monday opened an investigation into WhatsApp’s decision to share more of its user data with its parent company Facebook.
Read moreISTANBUL (AFP) — A top Turkish court on Tuesday sanctioned rights defender Osman Kavala’s three-year detention without a conviction in
Read moreTurkey’s president on Wednesday accused the European Court of Human Rights of “defending a terrorist” after it ruled that Turkey must immediately release from prison a prominent Kurdish politician.
Read moreA Turkish court on Wednesday convicted the former editor-in-chief of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet on espionage and terror-related charges over a 2015 news story, a verdict the exiled journalist said exemplified the pressures on Turkish media.
Read moreA Turkish court on Monday sentenced a prominent Kurdish former lawmaker who went on a months-long hunger strike to more than 22 years in jail on terror-related charges.
Read moreEuropean Union leaders early Friday gave the green light for the expansion of sanctions against Turkey over its exploration of gas reserves in Mediterranean waters claimed by EU members Greece and Cyprus.
Read moreOn the final day of a two-day summit, European leaders pledged Friday to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and threatened to take a harder stance against Turkey, which is unnerving the EU with its actions in the Mediterranean region.
Read moreA Turkish court on Monday sentenced a journalist to more than six years in jail for “membership of a terror group,” a judicial source said.
Read moreThe Turkish research vessel at the heart of a Mediterranean Sea energy dispute between Turkey and Greece is back in port.
Read moreA Turkish court jailed more than 300 former pilots and other suspects for life in a mass trial stemming from a bloody 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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