Koza-İpek Holding, affiliates seized over Gülen links transferred to sovereign wealth fund

Twelve companies, including Koza-İpek Holding, its affiliates and a luxury residence belonging to the İpek family seized by the Turkish government in 2015 over...

Int’l delegation seeks permission from Turkey’s Justice Ministry to meet with jailed PKK leader

An international delegation including lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in Turkey has applied to the Justice Ministry for...

Indictment seeks up to 3 years for famous mountain climber for spreading ‘disinformation’

An indictment drafted by İstanbul prosecutors seeks a prison sentence of up to three years for Nasuh Mahruki, Turkey’s most famous mountain climber and...

Another Kurdish mayor faces removal from office after top appeals court ruling

A mayor from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party faces removal from office after the Supreme Court of Appeals reversed a 2023 lower court decision that...

Turkey has lost more than 2,000 miners in work-related accidents under AKP rule

Turkey has tragically lost at least 2,188 miners in work-related accidents since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in November 2002,...

More than 5,300 prisoner deaths reported in Turkey since 2002, activists call for accountability

Turkey's Ministry of Justice reported that 2,258 prisoners died between 2018 and 2023, according to a parliamentary response released in November, the Artı Gerçek...

Turkish activists describe police mistreatment in detention

Activists detained on Friday during a protest against the Turkish government's commercial ties with Israel claimed to be subjected to police mistreatment, the Bold...

32 women killed by men, 26 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...

Thirty-two women were murdered by men in Turkey in November and another 26 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported. Of the...

ECtHR rules Turkey violated right to fair trial of 8 judges and prosecutors

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the right to a fair trial of eight judges and prosecutors. The court found...

Women with disabilities in Turkey face alarmingly high rates of abuse: UN report

Women with disabilities in Turkey confront very high rates of abuse as well as systemic barriers in nearly every aspect of life, including access...

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