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Turkey approves Sweden’s NATO membership after demands are met
Turkey has agreed to Sweden's NATO membership after talks in Vilnius. Following negotiations with Turkish President Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Kristersson, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the outcome on…
Turkey ranks third in first-time asylum applications to the EU in 2022
In 2022, Turkish citizens "jumped" to third place among asylum seekers applying for the first time in the European Union (EU), with almost 58.000 more than in the previous year. According to data published by the European Statistical…
Kurdish fighters in Ukraine? SDF denounced Fake news from Russland
During the last days, reports and posts on the alleged recruitment of Kurdish fighters from Syria by the US for the sake of fighting in the Ukrainian war increasingly circulated on social media websites.
As it turned out, several Russian…
Most women journalists imprisoned in Iran and Turkey
The Coalition for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) has published a report on the rights violations suffered by women journalists in the first three months of 2023. According to CFWIJ, Iran and Turkey have the highest number of women in prison;…
France announces large-scale repatriation mission of 10 ISIS family members
On July 04, 2023, the French government formally announced the repatriation of 10 women and 25 children who are all family members of ISIS fighters and affiliates. All individuals had been previously held in camps in Northeastern Syria…
Emergency alert declared: Türkiye cuts off water supplies for Northern Syria
In the province of Al-Hassaka, situated in Northeastern Syria, an emergency alert was officially declared. The political leaders of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) declared the province of Al-Hassaka an “area…
Reuters appeals Turkish court order to block news article
The Reuters news agency reported on its website that it had appealed a Turkish court's decision to block access to and delete a story it published about a corruption complaint involving President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son Bilal…
More Yazidis return to Shengal after genocide
Despite Turkish attacks on the Shengal (Sinjar) region, the return of the Yazidi population displaced by the Islamic State continues. In an interview with the Mezopotamya news agency, Dexil Ibrahim of the Democratic Autonomous…
Murders and kidnappings on the rise in Turkish-occupied Efrin
The Turkish state has been committing human rights violations and crimes since its occupation of Efrin on 20 December 2018. According to Hawar News Agency (ANHA), in the first six months of 2023, the Turkish state and its mercenaries killed…
Professor Joost Jongerden: “Political considerations prevent concrete steps to support ISIS trials”
On 10 June, after years of appeals to the international community, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced that foreign ISIS members would be tried in northeastern Syria. Following years of uncertainty…