Kurdish mayor denied mandate despite winning landslide victory in eastern Turkey
A Kurdish politician who won the local election in Turkey’s eastern province of Van with a landslide victory on Sunday has been denied the...
Turkish journalist living in exile attacked outside home in Germany
Erk Acarer, a Turkish journalist who is critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and has been living in exile in Germany, said he...
Turkish court arrests opposition mayor over deadly cable car accident
In a development seen as politically motivated by many, a Turkish court has ruled for the arrest of the opposition mayor of a district...
Hate speech against refugees increases on Turkish social media as a new wave of...
Hate speech against refugees on Turkish social media has increased recently, with a new wave of refugee arrivals in Turkey starting as the Taliban...
9 Kurdish journalists detained in police raids in Turkey
Turkish police conducted a series of coordinated home raids in İstanbul, Ankara and southeastern Urfa province on Tuesday, resulting in the detention of nine...
Erdoğan supporters discuss on Clubhouse how to exterminate political prisoners, suggest putting poison in...
Audio records of a chatroom on social media app Clubhouse reveal a conversation among supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on how to...
High school student convicted of insulting Erdogan
A high school student in Diyarbakır was sentenced to over seven months in prison on Thursday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the...
Membership in Human Rights Association grounds for dismissal from public service, OHAL commission says
The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission) said membership in Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) is a sign of ties to the...
Amnesty calls on Turkey to cease discriminatory practices against Pride protesters
Amnesty International has released a report on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), observed on May 17, urging...
Ex-ministers should have been tried for graft, former speaker of parliament says
Presidential High Advisory Board member Cemil Çiçek has said the case files of four former Turkish ministers who were implicated bribery and corruption investigations...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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