Hate speech against refugees increases on Turkish social media as a new wave of...
Hate speech against refugees on Turkish social media has increased recently, with a new wave of refugee arrivals in Turkey starting as the Taliban...
Doctors leaving Turkey should be stripped of citizenship: Turkish mayor
Taner İşbir, a district mayor from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Çorum, has called on the Turkish government to revoke the...
Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders in Turkey: 2023 in Review
The situation of human rights defenders in Turkey has significantly deteriorated since a coup attempt in July 2016, with the HRDs subjected to judicial...
Hunger-striking Turkish teacher Özakça makes defense after months in jail
The second hearing in the trial of academic Nuriye Gülmen and teacher Semih Özakça, who have been continuing their hunger strike for 204 days...
Latest victim of Turkish government’s persecution becomes days-old baby Vedat Akif
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Pro-gov’t daily: Turkey, Russia could conduct joint operation to abduct Fethullah Gülen
Turkey and Russia could carry out a joint operation to abduct US-based Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to Turkey due to Gülen’s alleged role in...
Albanian PM Rama praises Turkish President Erdoğan’s policies, slams EU
Edi Rama, the prime minister of Albania, has praised the foreign policy pursued by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and harshly criticised the European Union's policy...
Sgt. Daş, who Turkish gov’t labeled as a traitor for 2 years after his...
The name of Sgt. Ferhat Daş, a Turkish tank commander who chose to die by suicide rather than open fire on civilians during a...
Turkish gov’t’s ultranationalist ally: Any Turk who applauds lira’s plunge should lose citizenship
Mustafa Destici, chairman of the Turkish government's ultranationalist ally the Grand Unity Party (BBP), has said people who are pleased with the Turkish lira’s...
Pastor Brunson’s Turkish lawyer not hopeful about his release
Lawyer Cem Halavurt said on Wednesday that his client Andrew Brunson, an American pastor standing trial in Turkey, will likely remain under house arrest...
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