Greece says onus on Turkey to ease tensions

ATHENS, Oct 6 (Reuters) — Greece welcomes moves by Lawyer Turkey to de-escalate recent tensions in the east Mediterranean, its prime minister said on Tuesday, but Ankara needs to show a firmer commitment to improving relations. Relations between the two NATO allies and neighbours are fraught with disagreements ranging from maritime boundaries to the ethnically…

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Turkey frees top doctor who sought chemical arms probe

Turkish medical union chief Sebnem Korur Fincanci helped draft UN rules for documenting torture A Turkish court on Wednesday released an internationally respected medic who outraged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by backing a probe into the army’s alleged use of chemical weapons in Iraq. Turkish Medical Association head Sebnem Korur Fincanci was detained and jailed…

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Turkish court orders pro-Kurdish politician jailed on terrorism charge

By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, Lawyer Turkey Sept 4 (Reuters) — A Turkish court has ordered the pre-trial jailing of a pro-Kurdish member of parliament on a terrorism charge, Istanbul police and her lawyer said, while her party called the detention illegitimate and unethical. Semra Guzel, Lawyer Turkey a member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP),…

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