Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP’s two deputies face removal of parliamentary status
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuğba Hezer Öztürk have been referred to a parliamentary joint commission for removal of their...
Turkey marks 10 years since Ankara bombing as families decry lack of justice
Families of victims, opposition politicians and trade unions marked the 10th anniversary of Turkey’s deadliest terrorist attack on Thursday, gathering outside Ankara’s main train...
Turkish gang leader says journalist Altaylı opened ‘hunting season’
Sedat Peker, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a convicted gang leader, said on Saturday that he is not...
Turkey’s top court rejects appeal in 2015 Ankara bombing case
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal filed on behalf of victims of the 2015 Ankara train station bombing, ruling the application inadmissible in...
Turkish gov’t launches legal proceedings against 445,000 people since coup bid in 2016
Hundreds of thousands of people in Turkey have been the subject of legal proceedings in the last two years on charges of membership in...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Leyla Zana relaesed by Diyarbakır court
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana, who is a prominent figure in Kurdish politics, was released by a Diyarbakır court...
Mayor of CHP stronghold İzmir quits party over court-ordered leadership change
The mayor of the western Turkish province of İzmir, long seen as the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) strongest electoral stronghold, resigned from...
UN warns of ‘dire humanitarian consequences’ in Afrin under Turkish military attack
United Nations representatives in Syria on Tuesday called for a stop to all conflicts throughout the country, especially the recent Turkish military campaign in...
CHP deputy submits parliamentary question about 64-year-old man beaten by police in traffic
Levent Gök, a lawmaker from the Republican People's Party (CHP), submitted a parliamentary question on Wednesday about an incident involving a 64-year-old man who...
NBA star Kanter calls on int’l community to stop Turkey’s campaign of persecution and...
The international community must stop the Turkish government’s “persecution and kidnapping campaign” targeting dissidents abroad, NBA star and human rights activist Enes Kanter said...
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