Uighurs fear deportation as China ratifies extradition treaty with Turkey: report
China on Saturday ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey, a move likely to help Beijing incarcerate Uighurs seeking refuge in Turkey, prompting fear among...
UN’s failure to extend cross-border mechanism puts lives at risk in Syria: int’l relief...
International humanitarian relief organizations are expressing concern about the failure of the UN Security Council to extend the authorization of the humanitarian cross-border mechanism...
Survey shows level of happiness in Turkey goes down in 2017
The level of self-reported happiness among all individuals in Turkey was 58 percent in 2017, down slightly from 61.3 percent in 2016, according to...
More than 3,000 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in 10 years
Men killed at least 3,151 women in Turkey between January 1, 2013 and November 21, 2023, the Bianet news website reported on Thursday.
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Rights watchdogs to EU: Put respect for human rights at center of relations with...
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in a joint letter on Tuesday to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel...
Twitter co-founder says Turkey, India, Nigeria threatened to shut down platform: report
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who resigned as CEO in 2021, said the social media platform was threatened with being shut down in Turkey, India...
Syrian refugees returning home as part of Turkey’s ‘voluntary’ program compelled to leave due...
Syrian refugees going home as part of Turkey’s “voluntary return program” said their return was far from voluntary and the result of increasing anti-migrant...
Meta to temporarily shut down Threads platform in Turkey
Meta Platforms Inc said it is temporarily shutting down its social networking platform Threads in Turkey as of April 29 in order to comply...
Turkish authorities yet to start investigation into disappearance of purged public servant after 15...
A prosecutor still has not been assigned to investigate the case of Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former civil servant who went missing 15 days...
Main opposition leader ignores protest of mother whose son was arrested post-coup
Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), ignored Sevinç Çakır, who was protesting in front of the Justice Ministry...
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