Court hearings into prominent journalists exposes scope of Turkish government’s witch-hunt
The fourth hearing into sham coup trial for Turkey’s well known journalists wrapped up on Thursday, with another hearing planned for tomorrow. All journalists and...
Turkish court arrests 6 people in food poisoning probe in Manisa’s military barracks
A Turkish court on Wednesday arrested six employees of a catering firm, including the firm’s CEO and its local manager, over a suspected food...
Boğaziçi University’s students protest partisan rector appointed by Turkey’s Erdoğan at graduation ceremony
Students at Turkey's prestigious Boğaziçi University staged a protest at their graduation ceremony against its pr0-Erdoğan and partisan rector Mehmed Özkan who was appointed by...
Slain captain’s wife refuses to shake hands with Turkish army chief Akar
Sevim Üçöz, the widow of a captain who was killed in a terrorist attack in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, refused to shake hands with...
Turkish government detains 6 more academics in anti-Gülen witch hunt campaign
Six academics including a rector were detained at Namık Kemal University in Tekirdağ due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is...
Perpetrator of Paris terror attack reportedly visited Turkey last year
The perpetrator of an attack in central Paris on Monday had been to Turkey many times in 2016 and had gone to France through...
Government plunders properties, churches and monastries of Syriac community in Turkey
Turkish government has seized the properties of Syriac (Aramean) community in Turkey including churches, monasteries and cemeteries and given them to public institutions like...
Jailed Turkish journalist, novelist Ahmet Altan calls indictment about journalists a ‘judicial porn’
Renowned jailed journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan harshly slammed the prosecutor who prepared a controversial indictment against him and other journalists in a court...
Greece condemns Islamic religious ceremony in İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia
Greece on Thursday criticized an Islamic religious ceremony held at Hagia Sophia in İstanbul on Wednesday night that was broadcast on television and attended...
Turkish man who attacked woman for wearing shorts to be tried without arrest
An İstanbul court on Thursday decided for the trial of Ercan Kızılateş without arrest who attacked a woman named Melisa Sağlam on a minibus...
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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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