Frontex to boost assistance to Bulgaria at Turkish, Serbian borders
In response to a request from Bulgarian authorities, EU border control co-operation agency Frontex will “significantly strengthen” its ongoing activities
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Turkey
Concerns over Turkish media freedom in aftermath of failed coup
With nearly 20,000 people detained and arrests continuing, there is rising concern the crackdown in Turkey after the July 15
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Turkey to ask Bulgaria to extradite person with ‘close ties’ to Gülen
Turkey is to send a delegation to Bulgaria to request the extradition of a person said to have close ties
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Turkey releases some post-coup detainees
Two weeks after an abortive coup attempt in Turkey caused an upheaval in military ranks and throughout much of the
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EU gives Turkey 1.4BN euro for education and health of Syrian refugees
The European Commission (EC) said on July 28 that it was bringing to more than two billion euro the total
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Escalation of media crackdown in Turkey heightens concerns
Two U.S. advocacy organizations blasted Turkey on Wednesday for stepping up a campaign to crack down on journalists and media
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Erdogan’s purges threaten future of Turkey’s secular society
Watchers see Turkey’s failed coup and the subsequent purge carried out by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as part of
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Turkish schools, charities close in Erdogan’s first state-of-emergency decree
More than 1,000 private schools have been closed in Turkey, as well as a thousand or so various associations and
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Bulgarian PM Borissov to meet Erdoğan on August 24
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 22 that he would meet Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on August
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