Journalists arrested over anti-refugee messages released pending trial

An Ankara court has released 10 people pending trial, including four journalists, who were arrested last year due to social media posts allegedly targeting...

Turkey’s minorities, migrants suffered more than 200 attacks in 2023: report

Kurds, Alevis and migrants suffered at least 208 racist and discriminatory attacks throughout 2023, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a new...

Controversial mayor investigated for targeting Arabs in billboard message

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a controversial mayor from the country’s main opposition party due to his remarks targeting Arabs on billboards...

Syriac MP in Turkish parliament faces criticism for sending Christmas wishes in native language

George Aslan, a Syriac deputy from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), has faced hostile remarks from the far right for using his...

Kurdish language teacher suffers threats and insults on social media

Mizgin Yalçın, a teacher of the Kurdish language based in Diyarbakır, received numerous insulting and threatening messages on social media after she shared a...

Turkish mosques in northwest Germany receive hate letters

Three Turkish-operated mosques in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have received letters with Islamophobic messages from unknown sources, the Gazete Duvar news website...

Ruling party politician in Turkey makes antisemitic remarks to condemn strike on Gaza hospital

A city council member from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has made antisemitic remarks, including praise for Adolf Hitler for killing Jews,...

90 pct of LGBT individuals in Turkey subjected to digital violence, research shows

LGBT advocacy group KAOS GL has released a report that revealed that nine out of 10 LGBT individuals in Turkey regularly face digital violence. Based...

Nationalist opposition leader urges refugees in Turkey to go to Gaza to fight Israelis

Meral Akşener, leader of the nationalist İYİ (Good) Party, has called on all the refugees in Turkey, especially Syrians, to go to Gaza and...

Rights organization condemns Turkey’s Sept. 6-7 pogrom on its 68th anniversary

Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has issued a statement condemning a pogrom that took place September 6-7, 1955, one of the largest attacks against minorities in...

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