Uyghurs continue their protest in Ankara amid accusations of systematic rape in Xinjiang camps
Uyghurs living in Turkey are continuing their protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Ankara, demanding information on family members held at internment camps in...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party faces growing pressure from nationalist parties
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is facing pressure and attacks from nationalist parties, with their leaders questioning the party’s legitimacy...
Elite navy commando who fought against pirates in the Gulf of Aden tortured in...
A sergeant in Turkey’s special naval unit who fought against pirates in the Gulf of Aden was subjected to brutal torture by a team...
Majority of Turks disapprove of non-compliance with top court decisions
An overwhelming majority of Turks, 60 percent, disapprove of non-compliance with decisions of the Constitutional Court (AYM), Turkish Minute reported on Thursday, citing a...
Boğaziçi academics appeal to Turkish state council for cancellation of rector appointment
More than 70 academics from Boğaziçi University have filed a joint submission with the Council of State requesting the cancellation of Professor Melih Bulu’s...
Academic critical of Erdoğan feared arrest, deportation to Turkey during Malaysia visit
Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru, a Turkish-American academic and critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said he was harassed by policemen in Kuala...
Doctor suspended for sharing information about a sick inmate with his family
A doctor was suspended for a week for providing health information about an inmate suffering from COVID-19 to his family, a petition sent to...
Activist testifies before US congressional subcommittee on Turkey’s transnational repression
Enes Kanter Freedom, an activist and former NBA basketball player, on Wednesday testified before a subcommittee of the Committee on Homeland Security of the...
Turkey’s far-right MHP spreading racist propaganda abroad, says German gov’t
Turkey's far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has been increasingly exerting influence over the Turkish government and spreading racist propaganda abroad, the German federal government...
Turkey issues penalties for Israeli footballers due to messages on Hamas hostages
The Turkish Football Federation’s disciplinary committee has imposed penalties on two Israeli footballers and their former teams who both left Turkey earlier this month...
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