Turkish prosecutors order hundreds of arrests over alleged Gülen links in less than a...
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 221 people in the last four days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
Opposition MP warns of rising tensions similar to 1955 pogrom in Turkey
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a leading human rights advocate and deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), expressed alarm at rising...
Erdoğan threatens to expel 10 Western envoys over Kavala call
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday threatened to expel the ambassadors of the United States, Germany and eight other Western countries after they...
Turkey asks Saudi Arabia about detention of journalist over alleged Khashoggi remarks
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has asked for an explanation from Saudi Arabia about the detention of a Turkish journalist last week due to his...
Turkey continues detaining Syrian refugees over ‘banana’ videos protesting discrimination
Turkish authorities are continuing to detain Syrian refugees who shared videos on social media showing them eating bananas in an effort to condemn racism...
NGO report documents nearly 4,000 rights violations in east and southeast Turkey in first...
A regional branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a midyear report on the human rights situation in Turkey’s eastern and southeastern...
Justice Ministry’s promise to build playgrounds in prisons sparks questions
Experts have criticized a promise made by the Turkish Ministry of Justice to build playgrounds for children accompanying their mothers in prison, saying children...
Prosecutors find no grounds to investigate statistics agency executives over data manipulation
Prosecutors in Ankara have found no legal grounds to initiate an investigation into executives from the country’s national statistical agency, the Turkish Statistical Institute...
Turkey’s top court yet to make decision on case of maid found dead in...
The lawyer for the family of Nadira Kadirova said the Turkish Constitutional Court has not delivered a decision despite the passage of 18 months...
Minister threatens sanctions if opposition mayors refuse to implement law on stray dogs
Turkey’s agriculture minister, İbrahim Yumaklı, has threatened to sanction opposition mayors and municipal officials who refuse to implement a recently enacted law that is...
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