Students, academics protest proposed division of Turkey’s İstanbul University
İstanbul University students and academics continued a weeks-long protest on Tuesday in Beyazıt Square against a bill submitted to the Turkish Parliament to split up...
UN special rapporteur: Turkey must ensure fair appeal for Judge Murat Arslan after ‘gross...
The authorities in Turkey must guarantee a fair appeals process for award-winning senior Judge Murat Arslan, who has been convicted in violation of due...
Child suicides surge in Turkey’s earthquake zones, psychologist warns
Children in earthquake-stricken regions of Turkey are experiencing a dramatic rise in suicide attempts, with some as young as 8 years old, according to...
An assailant defaces Alevi cemevi in Turkey with insults, cursing
An unidentified assailant wrote insulting and curse-filled graffiti on the walls of a cemevi, an Alevi house of worship, in the northwestern province of...
Arrest warrant issued for newly-released pro-Kurdish HDP deputy
A Diyarbakır court has ruled for the re-arrest of pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Nursel Aydoğan who was released from jail on April...
Turkish watchdog warns Twitter over popular anti-government hashtags
Ömer Fatih Sayan, the director of Turkey’s Information Technologies and Communication Council (BTK), an Internet watchdog responsible for digital censorship in the country, has...
Turkey did not obtain Khashoggi recording through surveillance: minister
Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Monday said that Turkey did not obtain an audio recording related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at...
Turkish prosecutor demands 15 years in prison for Cumhuriyet daily executives, journalists
The prosecutor overseeing an ongoing "terror" investigation into executives and writers from Turkey's Cumhuriyet daily on Friday asked for the imprisonment of all suspects...
Turkish police raid critical online news outlet Sendika62.org
Turkish police raided the offices of Sendika62.org, a left-leaning online news outlet critical of the Turkish government, at 2:15 a.m. on Thursday, with prosecutors...
Enforced disappearances worryingly common in Turkey, say human rights activists
Enforced disappearances are becoming worryingly common in Turkey, and most disappearances are not effectively investigated by prosecutors, said an international group of human rights...
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