Turkey
Jailed Turkish journalists face multiple life sentences
New York, January 27, 2016 — Turkish prosecutors should immediately drop all charges against Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, journalists at the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, and release them without delay, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Greek, Israeli defence ministers urge Turkey to join ‘axis of good’ against terrorism
Greece’s Defence Minister Panos Kammenos on Tuesday met his Israeli counterpart Moshe Ya’alon in Athens, during the Israeli defence minister’s visit to Greece. They discussed cooperation between Greece, Israel and Cyprus and the possibility of adding Bulgaria, Jordan and Egypt to an “axis of good” that will counter terrorism and fundamentalism in the region.
A Little Help for President Anastasiadis
An anonymous Cypriot The President of the Republic of Cyprus Mr. Nikos Anastasiadis in his effort to avoid being blamed for the failure of the Cyprus talks often puts himself in a corner, from which it is difficult to escape.
Turkey is not implementing EU deal on managing refugee flows, Greek minister tells Bild
Turkey is not implementing the agreement reached with the European Union on managing refugee flows, Alternate Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Toskas was reported as telling German newspaper Bild in an interview published on Monday.
National bank to hold EGM on Mon. to approve sale of Finansbank
Greece’s National Bank will hold an extraordinary general meeting on Monday to approve the sale of its Turkish subsidiary Finansbank, the bank announced.
Two Kurdish journalists jailed in southeast Turkey
Istanbul, January 12, 2016–Turkish authorities should immediately release two Kurdish journalists jailed in southeast Turkey since last week and drop all charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The arrests follow the detentions of at least three other journalists working for pro-Kurdish news outlets in December.
For journalists fleeing Islamic State, Turkey ‘is as dangerous as Syria’
By Nadia Massih CPJ Middle East Correspondent
Don’t Waste World’s Best Chance for Peace
Endy Zemenides Executive Director, Hellenic American Leadership Council Over the past two months the Republic of Cyprus has hosted a parade of foreign leaders — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Secretary of State John Kerry — each declaring support for reunification negotiations that will […]
Ο Ερντογάν αποφυλάκισε υπό όρους Ιρακινό δημοσιογράφο του Vice News
Ενας δημοσιογράφος του ενημερωτικού ιστότοπου Vice News που αντιμετωπίζει κατηγορίες για τρομοκρατία αφέθηκε ελεύθερος με εγγύηση, αφού παρέμεινε κρατούμενος επί τέσσερις και πλέον μήνες σε τουρκικές φυλακές.
CPJ: Syrian journalist Naji Jerf shot dead in Gaziantep, Turkey
New York, December 27, 2015–Naji Jerf, editor-in-chief of the independent monthly Hentah and the maker of documentary films on the militant group Islamic State, was shot and killed in broad daylight today by unknown assailants with a silenced pistol in front of a building that houses Syrian opposition news outlets in downtown Gaziantep, Turkey, near […]