Turkey ranks first among the number of countries convicted for rights violations by the European Court of Human Rights in between 1959-2011. ...»

The majority of judgements delivered by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011 concerned Turkey. Most of these decisions were related to violations of the ...»

The AKP government announced that economic relations with Israel were going to be maintained as usual. The Turkish government had declared to put diplomatic relations with ...»

A research by Associated Press revealed that more than 31,000 people were convicted of "terror crimes" since 09/11 2001around the world. More than a third of ...»

Turkey at least will not be a more democratic country in the absence of any consensus between the ruling AKP and the main opposition party CHP ...»

The OECD report on the changing family structure yielded alarming results for the Turkish society. The participation of women in work life is on constant decline, ...»

In 2010, a total of 15,200 applications filed against Turkey were pending before the European Court of Human Rights. Only Russia has more files pending. Turkey ...»

The 2010 report of the Committee to Protect Journalists criticized punishments handed down to Turkish journalists on the grounds of their reports about the Kurdish question ...»

Turkey has to pay € 16,000 in compensation to Faruk Temel, member of the People's Democracy Party, by reason of a breach of the right to ...»

The Human Rights Watch World Report 2011 reveals the countries deficits in freedom of expression. The number of trials against journalists increased again, provisions of the ...»

After a year in Madrid as an Erasmus student, Enis Altıok talks about his experiences and perspective as a Turkish student abroad in the light of ...»

A cable published on WikiLeaks confirmed that the USA has nuclear weapons in Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. Gordon from the US Ministry of Foreign ...»

Turkey ranges in 138th position among 178 countries reviewed for the World Press Freedom Index issued by Reporters without Borders. This is a further decline compared ...»

Top officials from Turkey and the USA met in Brussels on the sidelines of a NATO meeting to discuss the missile defence system project intended to ...»

Turkey will chair the UN Security Council for one month starting from 1 September. Political Scientist Gerger demurred that Turkey is not on the side of ...»

466 people who had been detained by Israel after an attack on aid ships heading for Gaza have arrived in Turkey. The bodies of 9 people ...»

The Turkish rights organization Küresel BAK demands to end the bilateral military agreement between Turkey and Israel after the recent Israeli attack on aid ships. The ...»

According to the Media Association, 'unfortunately, many journalists are on trial in Turkey, and the suits result in monetary fines or prison sentences. The improved economic ...»

Reporters Without Borders added Turkey and Russia to the organization's "under surveillance" list published in the latest report on 12 March. "Taboo topics" for Turkey are ...»

Researcher Kar sees the roots of the current controversy between Turkey and Israel in the deadlocked Palestine negotiations."Turkey tries to maintain public sympathies for Arab-Islam. This ...»

In the course of the "Turkish Season in France" photographer Güler and writer Pamuk are awarded the 'Vermeil Medal' in Paris. A retrospective exhitibition opens in ...»

Three more cases of Swine Flu have been diagnosed in Turkey. They are all people who have travelled from the USA. ...»

The Ministry of Health has announced that two citizens of Turkey travelling from the USA have been diagnosed with the virus. ...»

A US tourist and his mother identified as carrying the H1N1 virus. Other family members have also been quarantined. ...»

The International Press Institute (IPI), based in Vienna, has released a press statement urging European Commission leaders to consider press freedom a priority when negotiating with ...»

A report by the State Auditing Commission (DDK) on shipyards has been found to contain racist descriptions of Greeks, such as “lazy” and “a genetic hostility ...»

A report on human rights in Turkey published on the Internet by the U.S. Department of State highlights ongoing human rights violations in the country. ...»

According to the Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger published by UNESCO prior to 21 February, International Mother Language Day, 15 languages are endangered in ...»

A decree by the European Court of Justice may mean that business trips from Turkey to EU member states will not require visa in future. ...»

Answering the questions of Dutch MEP Erik Meijer, the European Commission said that EU accession negotiations would also include a discussion of the right to conscientious ...»