Boğaziçi University refuses to reinstate dismissed academic despite court decision
Can Candan, a former faculty member at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University and a documentary filmmaker who was fired in July 2021 for protesting against the...
CoE calls on Turkey to abide by ECtHR rulings, release Kavala, Demirtaş
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers, in its quarterly meeting December 5-7, addressed Turkey’s non-compliance with European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rulings...
Turkey records 6 femicides in a single day
Men killed six women and severely injured one other across Turkey on Tuesday, the Evrensel newspaper reported.
The femicides were reported from Denizli, İzmir, İstanbul,...
CHP leader sparks debate with remarks calling July 15 a ‘controlled’ coup attempt
Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Monday attracted angry reactions from Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
Man faces imprisonment despite severe paralysis
Yılmaz Anar, who was paralyzed in a fall from a height two years ago, faces imprisonment due to a conviction despite having a medical...
Amid controversy surrounding state-run dorms in Turkey, 140 students treated for illness from dormitory...
In the midst of student demonstrations protesting poor living conditions in state-run dormitories, 140 university students were taken to a hospital for food poisoning...
Inmate recovering from COVID-19 imprisoned again despite temporary suspension of sentence
Ahmet Türkmen, 68, a businessman convicted on terrorism charges due to alleged links to Gülen movement, was re-imprisoned last Thursday before the expiration of...
ECtHR faults Greece over 2019 pushback of Turkish national who fled Erdoğan’s crackdown
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously found Greece in violation of multiple articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, citing...
Turkey has ‘systematically failed to detect foreign bribery’: OECD report
A recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report published on June 20 raised significant concerns about Turkey’s enforcement of laws penalizing foreign bribery, highlighting...
Kyrgyzstan calls on Turkey to immediately return abducted educator İnandı
Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday called on Turkey to return educator Orhan İnandı, who was abducted by the Turkish Intelligence Agency (MİT), and take all necessary...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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