UN report warns Turkey likely to face serious drought by 2030, urges immediate gov’t...
A recent report prepared the United States National Drought Mitigation Center for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification warned that Turkey would face a serious drought by...
Turkish authorities detain 6, including former police chief, over harrowing murder of young woman
Turkish authorities on Tuesday morning detained six people, including a former police chief, in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old woman in Istanbul,...
[INTERVIEW] Governments’ use of digital technologies to threaten dissidents abroad creates climate of fear, oppression...
Dr. Marcus Michaelsen, senior researcher at the University of Toronto-based Citizen Lab, said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) that understanding...
Turkish court orders release of opposition mayor, but he remains jailed in separate case
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the release of Ahmet Özer, the opposition mayor of İstanbul’s Esenyurt district, in a terrorism-related case, but he...
Another LeMan magazine editor arrested over controversial cartoon
The top editor of Turkey’s satirical LeMan magazine has been arrested, media and lawyers said on Saturday, the latest arrest on accusations that the...
Turkey has arrested over 113,000 since 2016 coup attempt as crackdown on Gülen movement...
Turkish courts have arrested more than 113,000 people over the past nine years as part of an extensive crackdown that followed a coup attempt...
Turkish authorities jail new mother for attempting to flee amid retrial over Gülen ties
A Turkish woman previously sentenced to over six years for her alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has been arrested by a court...
Turkey arrests mayor and 4 municipal officials in expanding crackdown on opposition
Turkish authorities arrested the mayor of Şile, a seaside district on the northern outskirts of Istanbul, along with four other municipal officials early Monday...
Turkish court upholds prison sentence for father seeking justice in daughter’s death
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a prison sentence handed down to the father of Rabia Naz Vatan, an 11-year-old girl whose suspicious...
Lawyer exposes alarming conditions in Istanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison
A lawyer has exposed alarming conditions inside Istanbul’s Silivri Prison, known for housing a large number of political prisoners, where inmates have been suffering a severe bedbug...
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