Turkish journalists and academics Alpay and Altan demand equal treatment before the law
Journalist and academic Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan, who were imprisoned by Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
First Armenian religious service held in İzmir in 95 years while a church awaits...
Armenians in İzmir attended a religious service at St. John’s Basilica for the first time in 95 years after a fire damaged it in 1922 while a church...
Turkish government refers 11 more journalists to court for arrest
An İstanbul prosecutor has referred 11 journalists who were detained on August 10 as part of an investigation targeting people over the use of...
Turkey rejects US diplomat’s request to meet officials in SE as diplomatic traffic intensifies...
Turkey has rejected the request of Linda Stuart Specht, the US consul in Adana to meet governors, district governors and mayors during her visits...
Economic pressure on Turkey ‘working,’ German FM says as more attacks come from Erdoğanist...
Economic pressure on Turkey “is working,” said German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, commenting on ongoing tensions between Berlin and Ankara on Tuesday as pro-Erdoğan media...
Turkey sends note to Germany over prime coup suspect, Berlin says no information to...
Turkey sent a diplomatic note to Germany on Wednesday asking him to confirm whether media reports, which claim that prime suspect in a controversial...
Journalist İzgen Gökçe detained by Turkish police in Bartın province
Journalist İzgen Gökçe, an editor of İleri Haber, was detained by police in Turkey's Bartın province on Tuesday. During the raid the apartment of...
US Secretary Tillerson: Turkey continues to limit rights of religious minorities
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday slammed Turkey for continuing to limit the human rights of members of some religious minority groups.
Delivering...
Turkish gov’t spokesperson says identical uniforms for coup suspects may be enforced by decree
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ said on Tuesday that identical uniforms designed for jailed suspects in trials concerning a controversial...
Turkey detains 28 more military officers over their alleged links to Gülen movement
Twenty-seven military officers were detained by Turkish police on Tuesday in 6 provinces acrros Turkey in a Kocaeli-based investigation as part of Turkish government's...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
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