Şenyaşar family seeks justice before regional appeals court in southeastern Turkey
Lawyers for the Şenyaşar family, who have been demanding justice for three of their relatives murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from the...
Turkey hasn’t shown much improvement in human rights within past year: EP rapporteur
Nacho Sánchez Amor, an MEP from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and the European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, said there hasn’t been...
13 students subjected to mistreatment in Bursa police custody: report
Thirteen students who were detained due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement were allegedly subjected to mistreatment while in police custody in...
Mother of former military cadet stages protest in Ankara, demanding justice for imprisoned...
Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of a former military cadet who is serving a life sentence for allegedly participating in an abortive putsch in Turkey...
Khashoggi fiancee urges Turkey to insist on justice despite Saudi thaw
Turkey must keep insisting on justice for slain Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi even as ties with Saudi Arabia improve, his Turkish fiancée told AFP...
Jailed Turkish visual journalist’s drawings on display at Minnesota art museum
“Dark White,” an exhibition of 40 works of art by visual journalist Fevzi Yazıcı that were created mostly in prison as he has been...
YouTube journalist and his crew attacked during street interview in Antalya
Arif Kocabıyık, a journalist known for his candid street interviews, and the crew of his İlave TV YouTube channel were attacked by a group...
Turkish Interior Ministry introduces new plan to set ‘migrant quota’ in cities
Turkish Deputy Interior Minister Ismail Çataklı on Wednesday said a quota for migrants had been introduced in 16 cities to make sure non-Turkish residents...
Wife of imprisoned former teacher says husband is chronically ill, calls on authorities to...
The wife of an imprisoned former teacher in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said her husband suffered from...
Countdown begins for 3 int’l media outlets in Turkey to get licenses or face...
A 72-hour deadline set by Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), to three international news agencies to apply for online...
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