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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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Turkish court orders access ban on investigative series on visa contractor’s alleged ties to...

A Turkish court has ordered an access ban on an investigative news series examining the business activities of global visa processing giant VFS Global’s...

Turkey’s main opposition says Erdoğan is trying to retain power by removing alternatives, vows...

Turkey’s main opposition party on Tuesday accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of trying to hold on to power by eliminating political alternatives, Turkish Minute...

Turkish police detain 24 people at Ankara protest marking Gezi anniversary

Turkish police detained 24 people in Ankara on Monday while breaking up a demonstration marking the 13th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests and...

Pro-Kurdish party leader says intervention in Turkey’s main opposition threatens all politics

Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chair of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party, said Tuesday that a court ruling targeting the...

CHP delegates reach signature threshold in bid for congress after court reinstates former leader

Delegates from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) reached the required number of signatures on Monday to convene an extraordinary congress, after a...

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