Questions over Turkey’s release of the shooting suspect of a right-wing writer and critic of Islam in Copenhagen in 2013 have not been resolved, Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt has said
Danish media had reported that Turkey used the suspected jihadist as part of a prisoner swap with ISIL
Turkish President Erdoğan said he has been proven right for his objections to the US airdropping of weapons to Kobane, claiming that some of the supplies ended up in ISIL’s hands. The Pentagon admitted that one bundle was seized by the jihadists
The police officer who shot a civilian during a crackdown on demonstrations in Istanbul in May is facing up to six years in prison on charges of involuntary manslaughter
 The ECHR rules that Turkey violated Article 10 and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, on freedom of expression and the right to free elections |
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