ECtHR says Turkey violated rights of journalist Ahmet Şık
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to...
Mysterious note left at door of Turkey’s CHP office, threatens: ‘You’ll pay for it,...
Turkey's main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) local branch in Ankara’s Etimesgut district has received a threatening note left at its door: "You will...
Presidency seeks to strip opposition leader and 9 deputies of immunity
A presidential summary of proceedings seeking the removal of the parliamentary immunity of Turkey’s main opposition leader and nine opposition deputies has made its...
Turkey launches investigation into CHP deputy for calling July 15 ‘theater’
The Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mustafa Akaydın, who called a controversial...
Turkish businessman and civil activist Kavala detained at İstanbul airport
Osman Kavala, one of Turkey’s most prominent businessmen and chairman of the İstanbul-based Anadolu Kültür Association, was taken into custody by Turkish police upon...
2 executives from Turkey’s top business group face new charges over gov’t criticism
İstanbul prosecutors have filed a new indictment against two senior executives of the country’s leading business group after they criticized government policies in a...
Turkish court postpones 46 Kurdish journalists’ trial until September
A Turkish court on Friday postponed until September the trial of 46 Kurdish journalists, known to the public as the "KCK Press Trial," while...
Turkish military carries out new airstrikes against militants in Iraq, Syria: report
Turkey said it had destroyed 23 targets in overnight airstrikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria, a further escalation of the conflict...
Turkish police detain unspecified number of pro-Kurdish HDP politicians
Turkish police detained an unspecified number of politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in eastern Kars province on Friday.
According to a report...
Erdoğan says Turkey’s peace initiative will continue as pro-Kurdish party voices doubts over delays
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday that Turkey would continue a peace initiative aimed at ending the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) armed campaign,...
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