Turkish authorities detain 16 people for assisting families of inmates jailed on Gülen movement...
Turkish authorities detained 16 people Tuesday night in İzmir province for allegedly providing financial assistance to families of inmates jailed on alleged links to...
Former Turkish director of Pak-Turk school, his family kidnapped from Lahore
Former director of Pak-Turk School, Mesut Kaçmaz, a Turkish national, has reportedly been kidnapped along with his family in the early hours of Wednesday...
ECtHR rules rights violated in first purge case from Turkey: report
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has said the rights of a civil servant who was fired in a purge carried out by...
Turkey ranks 56th among 63 countries in climate index
Turkey was ranked 56th among 63 countries in the 2024 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI).
According to the index, Turkey dropped nine ranks since last year...
University suspends academic for exam question on presidential system in Turkey and its impact...
A law professor at a university in the central Turkish province of Eskişehir was suspended for three months for asking a question in an...
185 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigations’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 185 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
New Netflix series sheds light on social and political pressures on Turkey’s minorities
By Dr. Merve Reyhan Kayıkcı
"The Club," a new Turkish series that was released last Friday on Netflix, sheds light on the social and political...
Experts say appeals judges have nullified Turkish constitution by overruling top court
The recent refusal of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals to comply with the ruling of the Constitutional Court (AYM) is tantamount to nullifying the...
Wife of purge victim dies, leaving 2 children to the care of relatives
Another family has fallen victim to Turkey’s post-coup purge as the wife of Yusuf Coşkun, a former teacher who was arrested on terrorism charges,...
Israeli footballer in Turkey briefly detained over Gaza war message
A Turkish court on Monday released pending trial an Israeli footballer who was detained after displaying a message referring to the Israel-Hamas war during...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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