Turkish philanthropist Melek İpek decries ‘great injustice’ from prison
Melek İpek, the 78-year-old mother of self-exiled businessman Akın İpek and a well-regarded philanthropist, said from prison that she has suffered a “great injustice”...
Over one in six people in Turkey addicted to drugs
Drug addiction in Turkey climbed to nearly 15 million people in 2025, up from more than 10 million a year earlier, according to the...
US Human Rights Report: Tens of thousands jailed in Turkey with little clarity on...
The 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices — the Human Rights Reports — released by the US State Department on Friday said that...
Turkish gov’t seals off Gezi Park days before the anniversary of 2013 protests
Turkish police has sealed off İstanbul's Gezi Park near the historical Taksim square ahead of the fourth anniversary of the nationwide anti-government demonstrations that...
Turkey freezes assets of 770 people, including journalists and rights activists, over alleged terrorism...
Turkey has frozen the assets of 770 people including some journalists in exile and an organization on the grounds of terrorism financing, Turkish Minute...
State censorship of Kurdish culture persists despite talk of reconciliation
Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry has appealed a court ruling that lifted a ban on the Kurdish film “Rojbash,” in a move that critics...
Elderly, ailing Kurdish woman released from Turkish prison
Sisê Bingöl, an elderly and ailing woman who has been serving time on a terrorism conviction since 2017, was released on probation on Monday,...
Businessman illegally brought to Turkey from Iraq arrested over Gülen links
A Turkish businessman who was illegally brought to Turkey from Iraq by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been arrested on terrorism charges due...
855 detained, 48 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
A total of 855 people were detained, with 48 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...
Journalist sentenced to 6 years in prison over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish court has sentenced journalist Ahmet Erkan Yiğitsözlü to six years, three months in prison for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
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