Turkish authorities take action against artists supporting student-led boycott
Turkish authorities have started taking action against celebrities who supported a boycott of purchases on Wednesday to protest the arrest of İstanbul’s opposition mayor,...
Actor among 11 detained in Turkey for promoting opposition-led boycott
Turkish authorities on Thursday detained at least 11 people including an actor suspected of spreading calls for a blanket boycott of purchases to protest...
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin sent to İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, detained in Turkey last week on terrorism-related allegations, was arrested on March 29 and transferred two days later to Silivri...
Prison authorities deny essential medication to university student arrested in Istanbul protests
A university student arrested for joining nationwide protests over the detention and subsequent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has claimed that prison authorities...
EU enlargement commissioner cancels visit to Turkey over mayor’s arrest
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has canceled an upcoming visit to Turkey, where she was scheduled to attend a diplomacy forum and meet...
Turkey fines Meta for refusing to suspend protest-linked accounts
Facebook parent Meta on Tuesday said it was fined a “substantial amount” in Turkey for failing to comply with government orders to suspend accounts...
Death of Gülen-linked philanthropist sheds light on political prisoner treatment in Turkey
Mustafa Said Türk, a severely disabled Turkish man who was briefly jailed in 2023 over alleged ties to the faith based Gülen movement, died...
Family’s death in river crossing bears witness to perilous journey of Turkey’s political refugees
A Turkish asylum seeker, currently living in the Netherlands, described the journey to safety after Turkey’s post-coup purge as perilous, fraught with deadly risks,...
DEM lawmaker calls for release of inmate with end-stage cancer for urgent treatment
Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has urged Turkish authorities to release an inmate suffering from end-stage pancreatic cancer, allowing...
Human rights advocates slam ‘inhumane conditions’ in Turkey’s Y-type prisons
Human rights advocates have condemned the inhumane conditions in Turkey’s Y-type high-security prisons — often referred to as “pit-type” prisons— urging authorities to implement...
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