Local Kurdish politician in SE Turkey killed in attack
Ahmet Gün, an executive of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), was killed Monday morning by unidentified gunmen in the southeastern province...
Turkish parliament defies top court ruling to fix controversial law
The Turkish Parliament has enacted changes to a controversial piece of legislation that altered the wording of the law but preserved its essence, despite...
Complaints about Turkish Justice Ministry have surged by 266 pct since 2017
The Turkish Ombudsman, which looks into complaints regarding the delivery of public services in the country, received more than 2,500 complaints about the Justice...
Mother with 2 disabled children detained over Gülen links
Hatice Kökoğlu, the mother of a disabled son and daughter, has reportedly been detained in Kütahya province over alleged links to the Gülen movement....
Academic freedom in Turkey has declined since 2012 to among lowest in the world
Turkey’s academic freedom has sharply declined in the last decade, putting Turkey in 166th place out of 179 countries as of December 2022, Turkish...
Another purge victim dies of cancer
Yusuf Güner Aksay, a 41-year-old former teacher who was dismissed from his job by a government decree as part of a post-coup purge in...
Woman who lost family members in political murder searching for justice 6 years on
Emine Şenyaşar, three of whose family members were murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is...
Former Turkish police chief jailed after 2013 investigation given limited water in prison
Former Turkish police chief Ömer Köse, who has been imprisoned since 2014 due to his role in December 2013 graft probes that implicated high-level...
Turkey detains 20 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained 20 people across 11 provinces over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group targeted by the government, Turkey’s...
Father of missing Yusuf Bilge Tunç says reappearance of former bureaucrat gives him hope
The father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing 25 months ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence, said the...
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