HDP lawmaker submits parliamentary question about the neglect of Armenian heritage sites
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Garo Paylan has submitted a parliamentary question addressed to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism asking why Armenian churches...
Seven lawyers among 15 detained in Ankara over Gülen links
Prosecutors in the Turkish capital of Ankara issued detention warrants on Tuesday for 36 people in two separate investigations, leading to the detention of...
Gov’t major obstacle to exercise of artistic freedom in Turkey: report
Justice and Development Party (AKP) government authorities continued to be a major obstacle to the exercise of artistic freedoms in Turkey in 2020, responsible...
Inmate with epilepsy who has undergone 3 brain surgeries suffers severe seizure in prison
Former teacher Abdullah Aslan, whose repeated requests for release have been rejected, had a major epileptic seizure in a Turkish prison ward on Monday,...
Turkey sentenced 67 people to 299 years in prison in freedom of expression trials:...
A trial monitoring study by the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has revealed that 67 people in Turkey were handed down 299 years,...
Sweden blocks extradition of journalist sought by Erdoğan
Sweden’s Supreme Court on Monday blocked the extradition of a Turkish journalist in exile, a key demand by Ankara to ratify Stockholm’s NATO membership,...
Prominent Turkish doctor faces fresh terrorism charges as part of new investigation
The head of a leading doctors union who was arrested in October on terrorism-related charges is facing a new investigation as a part of...
RTÜK suspends Turkish TV station for hosting former football star sought on Gülen links
Turkey's broadcasting watchdog RTÜK has ordered a suspension of three episodes of a TV program for hosting former national football player Hakan Şükür, who...
Jailed mother reunites with son suffering from cancer for half a day
Inmate Gülten Sayın, the mother of 6-year-old Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who is suffering from bone cancer, was allowed to visit her son in the...
Stockholm police refuse to issue permit for another Quran burning outside Turkish embassy
Stockholm police have refused to issue a permit for an event in which the Quran was to be burned outside the Turkish embassy in...
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