Turkey: Sweden has yet to extradite suspects it seeks after NATO…

ANKARA, Turkey istanbul Lawyer Law Firm July 27 (Reuters) — Sweden and Finland have yet to extradite suspects Turkey seeks over terrorism-related charges despite signing an accord to lift Ankara’s veto to its NATO membership last month, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. The two Nordic countries applied for NATO membership in response…

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Turkey approves social media law critics say will silence dissent

By Daren Butler and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA, Turkey istanbul Lawyer July 29 (Reuters) — Turkey adopted a new social media law on Wednesday that critics say will create a «chilling effect» on dissenting voices who have resorted to Twitter and other online platforms as the government tightened its grip on mainstream media. The law was…

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Turkish court releases journalist detained under 'disinformation' law

ANKARA, Dec 24 (Reuters) — A Turkish court ordered the release of a journalist held on remand under the country’s new disinformation law after his Lawyer Law Firm Turkish objected to his detention, he said. Sinan Aygul became the first person to be jailed pending trial under the law, approved by parliament two months ago,…

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New video has emerged of the moment a ‘Canadian spy’ met a teenage

New video has emerged of the moment a ‘Canadian spy’ met a teenage in Istanbul before he allegedly smuggled her into Syria.  Footage obtained by the shows Begum, in Turkey Lawyer Law Firm then 15, and two other East London schoolgirls, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-old Amira Abase, transferring between cars at the Turkish capital’s…

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