6 journalists kept in police custody for 4 days face arrest
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking the arrest of six journalists who were detained earlier this week in the western province of İzmir on terror-related charges, Turkish...
1,388 people victims of enforced disappearance in Turkey since 1980: report
A total of 1,388 people have been victims of enforced disappearance in Turkey in the last 40 years, according to the southeastern Diyarbakır branch...
Turkish prosecutors contradict each other on Saturday Mothers vigils
Two Turkish prosecutors have made contradicting decisions concerning separate but identical protest vigils held by the Saturday Mothers activist group, with one prosecutor deciding...
Turkey’s spy agency forcibly returns Gülen’s nephew from Kenya
Turkish spies have arrested and brought back to Turkey a nephew living in Kenya of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the...
2 more university students die by suicide in Turkey
Suicide among Turkish university students has become worryingly common, with two more students taking their own lives in the space of one month, the...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated rights of writer jailed over Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the imprisonment of journalist and writer Ali Bulaç, who was jailed for close...
Turks’ asylum applications in Germany up 12.3 pct in first two months of 2024
Turkish nationals filed 12.3 percent more applications for asylum in Germany in the first two months of 2024 than the number submitted in the...
Turkish Parliament rejects proposal to postpone prison sentence of mothers with children under 15
The Turkish Parliament removed from a bill that was passed on Thursday an article postponing the prison sentences of mothers with children under 15...
Mother says still looking for justice on 10th anniversary of Berkin Elvan’s death
The mother of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was struck in the head with a gas canister fired by a police officer during the...
Protests continue in Kyrgyzstan 25 days into disappearance of Orhan İnandı
Around 300 people gathered in front of government house in Bishkek on Friday calling on Kyrgyz authorities to find educator Orhan İnandı, who is...
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