European journalists associations slam Turkey’s efforts at silencing Sweden-based critics
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Swedish Union of Journalists have released a joint statement criticizing Turkey for its attempts to have...
Leaked emails of Erdoğan’s son-in-law reveal real identity of ‘journalist’ who harassed Turkish human...
Leaked emails sent to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and former Minister Berat Albayrak reveal that Cahit Oktay, a US-based correspondent for the...
Majority of Turks disapprove of non-compliance with top court decisions
An overwhelming majority of Turks, 60 percent, disapprove of non-compliance with decisions of the Constitutional Court (AYM), Turkish Minute reported on Thursday, citing a...
Erdoğan’s transnational repression leads to 72 pct increase in Turkish intel agency’s personnel expenditures
The personnel costs of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) have increased by 72 percent since a coup attempt in July 2016, mainly due to...
Prosecutor demands additional prison sentence for jailed journalist in new indictment
An Istanbul prosecutor in a new indictment has demanded another prison sentence for Merdan Yanardağ, the editor-in-chief of Turkish broadcaster TELE1, who was arrested...
Nearly 30,000 workers died in work-related accidents during AKP rule: İSİG
Turkey has recorded 29,801 deaths in work-related accidents since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in November 2002, Turkish Minute reported,...
Nearly a year after earthquakes, residents of Turkey’s southeastern provinces still struggle to access...
Eleven months after two devastating earthquakes hit Turkey’s southeastern provinces, grassroots workers said people living in the region were still struggling with a lack...
Turkish women reveal sexual harassment as legal barriers to justice persist
Scores of Turkish women have come forward in recent weeks with stories of sexual harassment and intimidation following allegations against celebrity photographer Mesut Adlin,...
Pro-Kurdish party members among 47 detained during protest against Turkish offensive in N. Syria,...
Turkish police on Monday broke up a protest that included members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Democratic Regions Party (DBP)...
Turkey’s top court says stripping jailed opposition MP of parliamentary status not legitimate
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has said removing the parliamentary status of an opposition lawmaker whose incarceration led to a judicial crisis is “null and void,”...
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