6 lawyers from Ankara Bar human rights committee resign following bar’s decision not to...
Six lawyers from the Ankara Bar Association’s human rights committee resigned in protest following the bar’s decision not to publish a report on allegations...
Turkey’s top court upholds law allowing killing of stray dogs
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Monday upheld a controversial law permitting the killing of stray dogs, ruling that animals are “not the subjects of rights”...
Kurdish journalist facing terrorism charges goes on hunger strike in jail
Dicle Müftüoğlu, a Kurdish journalist who was arrested in May on terrorism-related charges, has gone on a hunger strike to draw attention to the...
Turkish gov’t detains 22 people over alleged exam fraud
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained 22 people across Turkey for alleged involvement in police exam fraud and their suspected links to the Gülen...
Erdoğan claims the target is not himself but Turkey, Islam
Turkey's political Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday called on people to be alert to foreign plots including the currency crisis, underlining that...
Turkey-China extradition agreement may target Uyghurs living in Turkey
Turkey has been a destination for thousands of Uyghurs fleeing China and has become home to a sizable Uyghur diaspora; however, a Turkey-China extradition...
Turkey detains 2 CHP mayors as defections to AKP deepen opposition turmoil
Turkish police on Thursday detained two district mayors from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the western province of İzmir as part...
Black humour: Erdoğan says no group’s freedom has deteriorated in 16 years of AKP...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the freedom of no individual or an ethnic or religious group had deteriorated in Turkey...
Erdoğan’s long arm reaches to Norway, targeting critics of Turkish government
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to Norway using government institutions, quasi-official parallel structures and affiliated NGOs, a report released by Stockholm...
US Embassy in Turkey says resumes processing visas on ‘limited basis’ despite of ‘serious...
The United States has resumed processing visas at its missions in Turkey on a “limited basis,” the embassy said in a statement on Monday...
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