Turkish parliament to amend law after Erdoğan’s call for suspension of lawyers accused of...
Turkey’s governing party has started working on an amendment to the law on lawyers following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call on September 1 for...
2 pro-Kurdish parties in Turkey to vote ‘no’ on gov’t motion for cross-border operation...
Two pro-Kurdish parties have announced that they will vote against a parliamentary motion extending the government’s mandate to launch cross-border military operations in northern...
Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan’s spying, profiling expands in Norway
Two more Norwegian NGOs with links to Turkish government were involved in what appears to be illegal profiling and surveillance of critics and opponents...
Amnesty says court ruling for release of jailed MP ‘long overdue’
Prominent human rights organization Amnesty International has welcomed a decision from Turkey’s Constitutional Court concerning the violation of rights of a jailed lawmaker but...
Turkey’s prison population increased by 10 percent to 291,546 in 2019: TurkStat
The number of inmates in Turkey's prisons who were either in pre-trial detention or convicted of a crime was 291,546 in 2019, a 10.1...
Disabled teacher arrested in nationwide operation against Gülen movement
A disabled former teacher was recently arrested after being detained in a nationwide police operation against the Gülen movement, the Kronos news website reported.
Former history...
Iranian anti-hijab activist held in repatriation center in Turkey faces risk of deportation
Nasibe Shemsai, 36, an Iranian activist known for protesting the mandatory hijab law in Iran who fled to Turkey, is now in a repatriation...
Afghan miner killed in northern Turkey to cover up illegal mine: report
An Afghan man who was injured while working in an illegal coal mine in northern Turkey was not taken to a hospital but was...
Pro-Kurdish party discovers wiretapping devices in İstanbul headquarters
Saruhan Oluç, deputy chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) parliamentary group, said at a press conference on Tuesday that four listening devices...
Mother calls on Turkish authorities to intensify investigation into daughter’s 2020 disappearance
The mother of Gülistan Doku, a young Kurdish woman who went missing on January 5, 2020, once again called on Turkish authorities to find...
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