Turkey’s main opposition CHP sends message of support to HDP’s ‘Justice Watch’
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has sent a support message to a “Justice Watch” launched by the Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
Turkish gov’t detains pastry shop owner, 20 other businessmen over alleged Gülen links
Twenty-one businessmen including Mehmet Tahir Sekizkardeş, the owner of the Görgülü pastry shop chain, were detained on Thursday over their alleged links to the...
Regional appeals court finds violation in bans on 2022 Women’s Day march in İstanbul:...
The İstanbul Regional Court of Appeals has found a rights violation in bans imposed on a march in 2022 to mark International Women’s Day...
Opposition lawmaker alleges ‘award-worthy theft’ by AKP gov’t over oil trade with Iraqi Kurdistan
A lawmaker from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of what he called theft, alleging...
Turkey’s top court finds discrimination in denial of retirement payment to dismissed civil servant
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former public servant was subjected to unlawful discrimination when he was denied a retirement payment following his...
Germany’s Scholz criticizes Turkey over detention of Erdoğan’s main political rival: report
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized Turkey on Thursday for detaining İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s primary political opponent, calling the act...
205 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in the first half of this...
A total of 205 women were murdered by men in Turkey in the first six months of this year, while 117 died under suspicious...
UN special rapporteur calls on Turkey to drop charges against Saturday Mothers
Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, has called on Turkey to drop charges against 14 members of the Saturday Mothers,...
Police officer convicted of breaking protestor’s arm walks free after receiving suspended sentence
Police officer E.T., who broke the arm of protestor Zeynal Danacı in Ankara in 2017, was convicted of excessive use of force and sentenced...
EU’s counter-terrorism chief: EU does not deem Gülen movement as ‘terror organisation’
The European Union does not share Turkish government's view that the Gülen movement, which has been inspired by the teachings of the US-based Turkish-Muslim...
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