ISIL suicide bomber searched for twice in security system before 2015 attack: report
Turkish Interior Ministry inspectors have discovered that the name of an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist who orchestrated a suicide...
Joint statement calls on Turkish gov’t to end bans on concerts, cultural events
Ninety entities including unions, political parties and civil society organizations have issued a joint statement in response to the increased pressure on musicians and...
Judge who challenged Erdoğan’s candidacy faces expulsion from the bench
A judge who is being investigated by Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) for filing an appeal against the nomination of President Recep...
Grup Yorum concert for ‘quake solidarity’ cancelled by local authorities
Folk music band Grup Yorum has said on Twitter that a concert scheduled to take place on July 7 in İstanbul’s Sultangazi district was...
Women, girls cannot access essential services, vital items in quake-hit Turkish provinces: UN Women
UN Women said in an assessment report that Turkish women and girls have faced particular challenges in term of access to essential services and...
748 people detained in June over Gülen links, says new interior minister
Turkey has escalated the mass detention of people over alleged links to the Gülen movement, ordering the detention of 748 individuals in June, according...
ECtHR faults Turkey for failing to conduct effective investigation into death of soldier
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated the right to life by failing to conduct an effective investigation into...
Turkish national illegally renditioned from Tajikistan detained over Gülen links
A Turkish national who was illegally brought to Turkey from Tajikistan has been detained due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
Brother of young woman killed in police shooting dies by suicide
The brother of a young woman who was shot and killed during a police raid on her family home in 2015 died by suicide...
Turkey continues to misuse INTERPOL databases to target political dissidents: report
The Turkish government, which critics say falsely registers dissidents’ passports as lost, stolen or revoked to facilitate their deportation to Turkey, where they often...
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