The UK Home Office has recognized that being a Fethullah Gülen sympathizer in Turkey may be grounds for asylum in the UK. Issued on April 7, a 60-page note that is policy guidance to Home Office decision-makers on handling particular types of protection and human rights claims exposed violations against people linked with the Gülen […]
Read moreA video shared on Monday on social media shows five children left alone in tears in front of Sincan Prison in Ankara after their mother was detained while they were visiting their father in prison. “Leaving children alone in such a situation is against the Convention on the Rights of the Child and all related […]
Read moreThe Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has introduced the possibility to get identity cards (ID) for all citizens from November 1. Previously only citizens who receive a passport for the first time could apply for such ID cards. According to the Government Decree №745 as of October 26, acceptance of documents to apply for a […]
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The issue of the visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU may be submitted to the European Parliament after November 7. At this time the negotiations between the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and the European Commission will agree on a mechanism of suspension of the visa-free regime. This was reported by Deputy Foreign […]
Read moreEx-President of Georgia and current Head of Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili has submitted an e-declaration, in which he owns two land plots of 6,820 square meters and 500 square meters, as well as a house with an area of 97 square meters in Georgia, Interfax Ukraine. The official stated in his e-declaration of […]
Read moreEmre Soncan, a former Zaman reporter in Ankara who was arrested in government operations targeting critical journalists following a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, said in a letter from Silivri Prison that he has never lost hope for good days in the future, despite the fact that he has been in jail […]
Read moreMore than half of Ukrainians – 57% – said about cold and very cold attitude toward Russia. This is evidenced by the results of the study, which was conducted by Sociological Group “Rating” on the request of the International Republican Institute.Thus, 28% of respondents indicated that their attitude to the Russian is bad, and […]
Read moreWith the government praising Malaysia over its alleged deportation of three Turkish citizens due to their links to the Gülen movement, recent tips from relatives stated that they were in fact abducted by Turkish intelligence officers. Turkey Purge has just received a tip from the relatives of two of the three Turkish citizens who were […]
Read moreProtests of any kind face direct intervention from either private security guards or official law enforcement authorities all across the country. Security officials attacked a group of students at the canteen of Anadolu University’s Faculty of Communication Sciences in Eskişehir province while the latter were protesting the government crackdown on Turkey’s leading secular newspaper, Cumhuriyet, […]
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The International Press Institute (IPI) has called on Turkish government to immediately release its board member, Turkish columnist Kadri Gürsel and other Cumhuriyet journalists detained on Monday. Amid widespread concerns over deteriorating freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkey on Monday detained 13 journalists from the secularist and critical Cumhuriyet daily including the paper’s Editor-in-Chief […]
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