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Former governor arrested in probe into disappearance of Kurdish student

A Turkish court has jailed former Tunceli governor Tuncay Sonel on charges including evidence tampering in a long-running investigation into the 2020 disappearance of...

Turkey’s extradition requests to Finland tied to ‘witch hunt’ targeting Gülen movement followers, experts...

Turkey’s growing number of extradition requests to Finland is part of a “witch hunt” targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement and government critics,...

Turkey orders detention of 9 despite European court ruling that messaging app use alone...

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of nine people for using an encrypted messaging app despite rulings by the European Court of Human Rights...

Nearly 900 children under 6 live in Turkish prisons as overcrowding exceeds 108,000 inmates

A recent report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) has revealed a growing number of children living behind bars with their mothers, while...

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European rights court faults Turkey for pretrial detention of former Kurdish lawmaker

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of former Kurdish lawmaker Ayla Akat Ata by holding her...

Kurdish journalist faces terrorism propaganda investigation over reporting shared online

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Öznur Değer, editor of the pro-Kurdish JINNEWS news agency, accusing her of disseminating terrorist propaganda in social...

Advocates for disabled people warn economic crisis and policy changes in Turkey are deepening...

Millions of disabled people in Turkey are struggling with poverty, unemployment, limited accessibility to public transportation and urban infrastructure and weakening social protections amid...

Turkish Parliament rejects proposal on Kurdish language rights

Turkey’s parliament on Thursday rejected a proposal by the country’s pro-Kurdish party to investigate barriers to the public use of the Kurdish language, the...

Turkish police detain 32 in probes targeting CHP-run municipalities

Turkish police on Friday detained 32 people in three separate investigations targeting municipalities run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in İstanbul...

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