Protests against pro-gov’t company’s quarry in northern Turkey banned
The Governor’s Office of the Black Sea province of Rize has imposed a 15-day ban on demonstrations in one of its districts amid ongoing...
259 women murdered in Turkey since withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: rights group
Turkey has seen the murder of at least 259 women at the hands of men since the country’s official withdrawal in July 2021 from...
Turkish university rector says obedience to Erdoğan an ‘Islamic obligation’
The rector of a university in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şanlıurfa has said obeying Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a religious obligation for...
Greece condemns Islamic religious ceremony in İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia
Greece on Thursday criticized an Islamic religious ceremony held at Hagia Sophia in İstanbul on Wednesday night that was broadcast on television and attended...
Five more detained in Turkey for wearing ‘HERO’ T-shirts on Sunday
Four young men were detained in Adana province on Sunday as part of a witch-hunt targeting people wearing T-shirts bearing the word “hero,” Solhaber...
Turkish police detain 6 for ‘praising Gülen’ on social media
Turkish police have detained six people in western İzmir province for allegedly praising the late Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, a longtime foe of President...
Jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş: Human tragedy unfolding in Turkish prisons
A human tragedy is unfolding in Turkish prisons, said Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), in a...
Turkey detains lawyers based on anonymous tip
The Ankara police have carried out house raids to detain 20 people, including lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (Çağdaş Hukukçular Derneği, ÇHD), on...
New presidential board to monitor human rights violations from Erdoğan’s palace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is notorious for the widespread human rights violations in the country he governs, will monitor rights violations in...
Turkey saw crackdown on journalists escalate in Q4, with dozens behind bars: report
Some 200 journalists appeared in court in 102 trials in Turkey from October to December, while the number of journalists in jail rose from...
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