Turkey deports BBC reporter for ‘posing threat to public order’
BBC correspondent Mark Lowen has been deported from Turkey after being detained in İstanbul on Wednesday on accusations that he posed a “threat to...
Swedish journalist detained on arrival in Turkey: FM
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin was detained upon arrival in Turkey, where he was intending to cover anti-government demonstrations, Sweden’s foreign minister and the reporter’s...
Turkey’s rule of law index plummets to historic lows following 2016 coup attempt
Turkey’s rule of law metrics have fallen to their lowest levels since 1980 in the years following a July 15, 2016 attempted coup, according...
Far-right leader to start hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment
Ümit Özdağ, leader of Turkey’s far-right Victory Party, plans to begin a hunger strike after Eid al-Fitr, the three-day Muslim festival marking the end...
Turkish academic indicted on terrorism charges over 11-year-old photo
Prominent Turkish political scientist and journalist Nuray Mert has been indicted on charges of membership in a terrorist organization over a photo taken with...
Hotel fire once again claims lives, reigniting concerns over lax safety standards in Turkey’s...
A hotel fire in Turkey’s popular ski resort of Uludağ claimed two lives Thursday morning, marking the second fatal incident this season and reigniting...
Turkish journalists receive suspended sentences over 2019 protest coverage
Three Turkish journalists were handed down suspended five-month sentences on Wednesday for covering a 2019 demonstration in İstanbul in protest of the government’s removal...
Death of purged academic highlights enduring human cost of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
The death of Bülent Adıgüzel, a 48-year-old former academic dismissed from his job at a public university and put in pretrial detention for six...
337 prominent figures of Turkish society call for a ‘democracy alliance’
Following the detention and subsequent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 337 people — including writers, academics and politicians — have called on the...
Wife of slain Turkish far-right leader refuses to attend hearing, says she has lost...
The wife of Sinan Ateş, a former far-right nationalist leader assassinated in 2022, has chosen not to attend a hearing on Wednesday, where eight...
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