Turkey prosecutor drops probe into torture-led death under police custody
Public prosecutor in Turkey decided to drop investigation into a death of teacher who had been subjected to torture during a detention in police...
7,990 companies from 162 countries under surveillance in Turkey’s coup investigation
Turkish authorities have requested information from their counterparts in 162 countries about the 7,990 companies that have ties with the businesses investigated over post-coup...
Turkish television watchdog fines TV channel due to smoker, alcoholic cat character
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined the Kanal D television channel for airing a Turkish animation movie “Şerafettin the Bad Cat,”...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 59 at Industry Ministry over ByLock use
Detention warrants have been issued for 50 former and nine current Science, Industry and Technology Ministry staff members over the use of a smart...
CSOs protest ECtHR’s refusal of Turkish hunger strikers’ release request
Turkish civil society organizations (CSOs) including human rights defenders, lawyers and health organizations have protested a rejection by the European Court of Human Rights’s...
Ankara promises Beijing to eliminate anti-China stance in Turkish media
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Thursday that his government would not allow anti-China activities in Turkey and would take measures to eliminate...
ISIL suspects plan attack on Australia plane with explosives from Turkey
Two brothers, members of the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), have been detained by Australian police as they were trying...
RSF urges Turkey to free French journalist arrested on terrorism charge
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the Turkish government on Thursday to immediately release French freelance reporter Loup Bureau, who was jailed by a court...
Turkey’s ruling AKP member: We founded new state, founding leader is Erdoğan
Amid claims that Turkey has undergone a regime change, Ayhan Oğan, a member of the Central Decision and Administration Board (MKYK) of the ruling...
Turkish police assault cellist in İstanbul, call her ‘terrorist’
Turkish police assaulted cellist Gülşah Erol on Wednesday and called her a “terrorist,” near the entrance of the Kadıköy metro station in İstanbul, the...
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