3 Turkish newspapers targeted in defamation case for reporting on parliamentary question
Three Turkish dailies were targeted in a civil lawsuit for reporting on a parliamentary question about claims that a company partly owned by the...
Main opposition leader calls for referendum on citizenship for refugees
The leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called for a referendum on whether the country should grant citizenship to people...
Kurdish man beaten by vigilantes in southern Turkey
A group of people reportedly stopped a car and beat a man apparently because he was Kurdish in Turkey’s southern province of Antalya, Turkish...
Justice remains elusive on 8th anniversary of Turkey’s worst mining disaster
Eight years have passed since Turkey’s worst mining disaster took the lives of hundreds, with people who lost relatives in the accident complaining about...
Gun violence surged by over 74 percent in Turkey in last 6 years: report
Incidents of gun violence in Turkey increased by 74.7 percent between 2015 and 2021, resulting in the death of 2,145 people last year, Turkish...
Turkey releases writer imprisoned over solidarity with Kurdish daily
Imprisoned writer, activist and journalist Celalettin Can has been released from prison in northwest Turkey where he has been incarcerated for more than three...
European lawyers bar urges Turkey to free jailed lawyer in critical condition
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has called on Turkish authorities to immediately suspend the prison sentence of lawyer Süleyman...
Principal accused of harassment reappointed to girls high school
The principal of a coeducational high school who has been accused by four female teachers of sexual harassment has been reappointed to a girls’...
Top court finds rights violation in access ban on Ekşi Sözlük forum
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found a violation of freedom of expression in an access ban on popular social media platform Ekşi Sözlük imposed in...
Report reveals widespread discrimination of refugees in Turkey’s quake zone
Following massive earthquakes in southern Turkey last month, refugees in the quake zone – most of them Syrian – have been subjected to “multi-layered discrimination,”...
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