Official reports confirm Turkish Red Crescent sold tents after 2023 earthquakes

Official reports prepared for Turkish prosecutors confirm that the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) sold tents in the aftermath of the two powerful earthquakes in 2023 that...

Turkish gov’t detains actor Ömer Pekin over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish theater player Ömer Pekin, who has been mostly known with his role in Turkish radio comedy "Perişan FM (Miserable FM)" and state-run TRT's...

Liberal International to honor jailed businessman Kavala with 2025 freedom award

Liberal International will award its 2025 Prize for Freedom to jailed Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala at a ceremony in Germany next month,...

Greek administration agrees to provide protection to two Turkish soldiers

The Greek administration agreed on Monday to provide protection for two former Turkish commandos who fled to Greece on the night of a controversial...

Turkish authorities intensify crackdown on pro-Kurdish opposition in 2024: report

Turkish authorities detained at least 3,948 people and arrested 632 in 2024 as part of an intensified crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and...

Surveys show majority of Germans avoid going on a holiday in Turkey

Results of two public survey conducted in Germany have showed that majority of the Germans do not prefer to go to Turkey for a...

15-month-old held in Turkey’s prison suffered from bad conditions

Hundreds of infants have been kept in pretrial detention in Turkey’s jails with their mothers due to a state of emergency (OHAL) designed to...

Ex-diplomats subjected to severe torture, says deputy

Some 20 former employees of the Turkish Foreign Ministry who were among 100 detained last week as part of an investigation into alleged cheating...

Jailed Turkish journalist Parıldak given courage award by Norwegian rights group

Ayşenur Parıldak, a 27-year-old reporter from Turkey’s now-closed Zaman newspaper who has been behind bars for 13 months, was named the recipient of the...

Turkey’s CHP questions increase in allowable ammunition possession from 200 to 1,000 rounds

Mehmet Tüm, a deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Saturday criticized the Turkish Interior Ministry’s decision to increase the amount...
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