AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate children missing after February 6 earthquakes
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday rejected a parliamentary motion submitted by the...
Turkish court rules rights of man wrapped in plastic wrap and deported were violated
A Turkish court has ruled that the Ministry of Interior violated the rights of a Cameroonian man who was wrapped in plastic and put...
Purged police officer dies after setting himself on fire
Ahmet Olgun, a former police officer who was fired from his job by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s massive post-coup purge of...
Journalist faces investigation for reporting on dismissed pilot’s death
Sevinç Özarslan, a Turkish journalist living in exile, is under investigation by prosecutors in Kayseri following her report on the death of Yahya Tarih,...
Turkey arrests former Zaman daily executive on coup charges
An İstanbul court has ruled for the arrest of journalist Mehmet Kamış, the deputy editor-in-chief of a now-closed newspaper in Turkey, on charges of...
Altan wins France’s Femina literary prize for novel written behind bars
Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan, who was released in April after more than four years in prison, has been named as the recipient...
Stockholm Center for Freedom condemns heinous terror attack in Stockholm
Stockholm Center for Freedom is appalled by the terrible and deliberate attack that took place today in the heart of Stockholm. We join Swedish...
NBA star Kanter dedicates Trail Blazers’ latest victory to seized Zaman daily
Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the deepening human rights crisis taking place under...
Refugees have become part of Turkish society despite facing problems, research reveals
The results of a recent study by the Heinrich Böll Foundation Turkey Representation have shown that refugees express greater satisfaction with their lives in Turkey compared to...
US senators introduce bipartisan Transnational Repression Policy Act
Four members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- Democrats Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Ben Cardin of Maryland, and Republicans Marco Rubio...
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