The World

Human Rights: Racism in Turkey

In Turkey, racism and ethnic discrimination are present in its society and throughout its history, and this racism and ethnic…

January 29, 2020

Turkey and Hypocrisy after Hypocrisy

The Syrian province of Idlib, which is being subjected to massacres and destruction, is only 29 km from the Turkish…

January 29, 2020

Terror in Tehran: The nation is in shambles

The Islamic State’s June 7 coordinated assault on Iran’s Majles-e Shoraye Eslami (Islamic Consultative Assembly), also referred to as Iran’s…

January 28, 2020

Erdogan’s war crimes in Syria keep festering

Turkish-backed forces fighting Kurdish militias in north-east Syria have been accused of committing war crimes, with acts of brutality surfacing…

January 27, 2020

The Facts About Iran and Terrorism

When emotion rules the day facts do not matter. Sadly, that is the reality we confront when it comes to…

January 27, 2020

Anger as Turkey lawmakers set to introduce ‘marry-your-rapist’ bill

A law allowing men to avoid punishment for raping underage girls by marrying their victim is set to be introduced…

January 27, 2020

Turkish activists oppose amnesties for child rapists

Turkey’s ruling party has begun a second attempt at introducing a law to grant rapists amnesty as long as they…

January 27, 2020

Turkey wants to introduce ‘inhumane’ law allowing rapists to marry their victims to avoid prosecution

The controversial “marry-your-rapist” bill is due to be introduced into the Turkish parliament at the end of January. A similar…

January 26, 2020

Russian paper gives Erdogan poor marks at Libya peace conference

A few hours after the Berlin summit ended with a long, final document, a Moskovsky Komsomolets headline said “Erdogan freaked…

January 25, 2020

UN calls on Qatar to reform workers rights

United Nations member states have called upon Qatar to reform its domestic workers' rights policy and ban capital punishment. Qatar…

January 25, 2020

This website uses cookies.