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Europe’s rights chief urges Turkey’s Erdogan to respect law

Europe’s top human rights judge urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday to respect the rule of law and comply with court rulings covering…

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Turkey ready for talks without preconditions with Greece over ‘very critical’ gas dispute

Turkey said on Tuesday it was ready for talks with Greece in their growing row over eastern Mediterranean natural gas without any preconditions. But the…

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Germany’s Maas calls on Greece and Turkey to avoid ‘catastrophe’

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged the two countries to solve their dispute over rights to a resource-rich area of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. He likened…

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Macron and Merkel meet with Turkey, Belarus, COVID on the agenda

Chancellor Angela Merkel at his Mediterranean holiday retreat on Thursday to discuss a long list of burning issues including the coronavirus pandemic, post-election unrest in…

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Lockdown sees Turkish women bear brunt of unpaid work – research

Turkish women did four times as much household and care work as men during lockdowns aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, research supported…

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Protests in Turkey over possible withdrawal from treaty preventing domestic violence

Thousands of women across Turkey protested on Wednesday, demanding the government does not withdraw from an international treaty that prevents domestic violence. The Istanbul Convention…

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Thousands protest in Turkey against domestic violence

Thousands of women in Turkey took to the streets on Wednesday to demand that the government does not withdraw from a landmark treaty on preventing…

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Opinion: Turkey closing window on press freedom

Turkey is expanding its already strict regulation of social media sites. It’s the latest move by President Erdogan to silence those few remaining critical voices,…

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EU foreign ministers urge more action on Turkey and China in first in-person meeting since pandemic

EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels for the first time since coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been lifted in Belgium, and they have a wide…

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Turkey’s growing war of words with Greece and Cyprus over Mediterranean drilling

Turkey was the main topic on the agenda as the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrived in Cyprus for talks on Thursday. Tensions have…

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