An anonymous judge reveals severe situation in Turkey’s judiciary in a letter

A letter by a Turkish judge who wrote to journalist Ahmet Dönmez for the TR724 news portal has revealed the severity of the situation...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party urges ‘democratic solution’ to insurgency

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party said the government must not waste the opportunity to end the decades-long Kurdish insurgency and show its willingness to achieve a...

Turkish police officer, suspended over alleged Gülen links, commits suicide

İbrahim Eski, a police officer who was suspended from his duty in the framework of an investigation carried out as part of Turkish government's...

Decline in Turks’ confidence in judiciary, satisfaction with education highest among OECD members: report

Turkey was the country that saw the steepest decline in confidence in the judiciary and satisfaction with the education system among Organization for Economic...

ECtHR failed in response to post-coup cases in Turkey: report

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) on Wednesday published a report highlighting the collapse of the rule of law and human rights in Turkey as...

103 journalists tried, 10 arrested in Turkey in second quarter of 2025

Turkish authorities arrested 10 journalists and launched new prosecutions against dozens more in the second quarter of 2025, according to a new report by...

3 public officials acquitted in Turkey hotel collapse case, others avoid jail

A Turkish court has acquitted three public officials and sentenced three others to prison in a case examining the role of municipal officials in...

Turkish police raid homes of members of pro-Kurdish HDP, detain 36 on terror charges

Turkish police raided the homes of members and officials of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the headquarters of an art association on...

Erdoğan says Europe’s masquerade ball is over

https://youtu.be/pZLbBWYW0O4 Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that Europe’s “masquerade ball’ is over as several European countries are now openly in field...

Turkish court sentences singer, actress Olcay to 10 months in prison for ‘insulting Erdoğan’

Turkish singer and actress Zuhal Olcay has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for “insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” by İstanbul's 46th...
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