Turkey to deport Iranian refugees for protesting withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

Turkey will deport four Iranian refugees for protesting the country’s withdrawal from an international treaty to combat violence against women, Turkish Minute reported, citing...

7 lawyers in Kütahya, 6 purged civil servants on Greek border detained over alleged...

At least seven lawyers in the Kütahya province were detained as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt targeting Gülen movement on Monday. The detainees...

Watchmen attack journalists reporting on missing toddler in İstanbul

Three journalists were attacked on Tuesday by nighttime neighborhood watchmen while reporting on a toddler who went missing in İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü neighborhood and later...

Press groups call on EU to be less deferential towards Turkey on rights violations

Several international press organization under the flagship of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) urged the European Union (EU) and its member states to use their...

İstanbul mayor says indictment seeking to jail him for 2,430 years is built on...

İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on Wednesday rejected what he called a “fabricated” indictment seeking a record sentence of up to 2,430 years in...

Famous Turkish singer faces insults for objecting to quarry project in northern Turkey

Pro-government media outlets have unleashed a flurry of attacks and insults on famous Turkish pop singer Sezen Aksu after she publicly objected the quarrying...

Turkey detains 13 pro-Palestine activists accusing Ankara, Baku of ‘complicity in genocide’

Turkish authorities have detained 13 members of a pro-Palestine group following a demonstration in which they accused Azerbaijani energy company SOCAR as well as...

Hate speech in Turkey against Christians on the rise

Christians in Turkey are worried about the increasing hate speech against their communities in the country, the Diken news website reported on Thursday, citing...

Teacher under threat of deportation from Kosovo for torture in Turkey

A Turkish teacher named Uğur Toksoy was detained by Kosovo authorities just following a visit by Ankara Chief Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman, to the land over...

Turkish minister accuses Roblox of ‘digital fascism’ amid crackdown on internet

Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin has accused the online gaming platform Roblox of  “digital fascism” as his government blocked the game for a third...
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