11 years after Turkey’s worst mining disaster, widow says families still waiting for justice
On the 11th anniversary of a 2014 mining disaster in Turkey’s Manisa province, a woman whose husband was killed in the tragedy told the T24 news...
Turkey’s top court runs counter to ECtHR precedent in case of jailed journalist
In a ruling running counter to a precedent set by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in an application concerning the imprisonment of...
4,806 passports owned by alleged Gülen followers seized at İstanbul airport in one year
Turkish police have seized 4,806 passports and detained 132 people at İstanbul Atatürk Airport as part of investigations into alleged followers of the faith-based...
Turkish troops and FSA militants enter Afrin, YPG militants have reportedly pulled out
Turkish military forces and Free Syria Army (FSA) militia swept into the northwestern Syrian town of Afrin on Sunday, taking control of the town...
Opposition politicians condemn detention of 37 for helping families of jailed Gülen followers
Two opposition politicians have condemned a recent Bartın-based operation conducted in four provinces in which 37 people were detained on terrorism charges of helping...
Top lawyers’ group in Kurdish-majority Turkish city calls for reckoning with Armenian genocide
The main lawyers’ group in Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province, which has faced prosecution over earlier April 24 statements, has called for Turkey to confront the...
Turkish Parliament rejects Demirtaş’s request to attend HDP meetings via video conference
A request by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November, to address his party members from...
Turkish parliament passes amendment making prosecution of child abusers difficult
An amendment to the Code on Criminal Procedure which stipulates that instead of taking victim testimony, tangible evidence will be required in child abuse...
Uzbek woman falls victim to femicide in Turkey
Shaknoza Kurbonova, an Uzbek woman living in İstanbul, was stabbed to death by a man during an argument, the Artı Gerçek news website reported...
Turkish journalist associations call 2024 ‘a lost year’ for press freedom amid crackdowns
Representatives of Turkish journalist associations warned Tuesday that press freedom is eroding under legal and political pressure marked by detentions, police violence and censorship,...
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