Authorities cut basic services of residents protesting urban transformation project in Istanbul neighborhood
Authorities have cut water, electricity and gas services in homes in Istanbul's Fetihtepe district, which has been the center of social tension as residents...
Support pours in for doctor facing smear campaign over previous activism against torture
The portrayal of a doctor in a documentary about an organization run by a preacher convicted of sexual exploitation as a supporter of the...
Lawyer for jailed businessman Kavala again seeks retrial after several rejections
After the Turkish Justice Ministry rejected jailed businessman Osman Kavala’s fourth request for a retrial last week, one of his lawyers once again petitioned the ministry...
Prison parole boards are acting like ‘parallel courthouses,’ journalist says
Ferhat Çiftçi, a Kurdish journalist who was recently released from prison, said prison monitoring boards in Turkey act like “parallel courthouses” when deciding on...
At least 9 trapped in Turkish gold mine landslide
A landslide on Tuesday trapped at least nine workers at a gold mine in eastern Turkey, where search and rescue efforts were underway to...
Rapporteur asks top court to accept indictment seeking closure of HDP
A rapporteur from Turkey’s Constitutional Court has completed their examination of an indictment seeking the closure of a pro-Kurdish party in Turkey’s parliament and...
Unions rally behind Emine Şenyaşar in ongoing justice campaign
Emine Şenyaşar, an activist who has been demanding justice for three family members murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice...
Ant-LGBT+ rally attracts 3,000 people in Istanbul
More than 3,000 people demonstrated in favor of the criminalization of same-sex relationships in Istanbul’s conservative Fatih district, Voice of America (VOA) Turkish service reported.
The...
Veteran Turkish journalist known for reports on state repression of Kurds dies at 68
Celal Başlangıç, a respected Turkish journalist known for his fearless reporting on human rights violations of Kurds in the 1990s, died early Friday morning...
Turkey’s Islamist opposition party leader calls for release of Demirtaş, Kavala
Temel Karamollaoğlu, the leader of Turkey’s Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), on Sunday called for the release of Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of...
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