Amnesty’s Kılıç released pending trial after monthly review of his imprisonment
The Amnesty International’s (AI) honorary chair in Turkey Taner Kılıç was released on Wednesday pending trial after a monthly review of his imprisonment by...
Dismissed Kurdish mayors, politicians in Turkey conditionally released
Ten local politicians and mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) removed from office on May 15 by Turkey’s Interior Ministry, have been...
German Foreign Ministry issues travel alert on Turkey, warns of prosecution for social media...
The German Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory on Wednesday, warning its citizens about the risks of traveling to Turkey, including the possibility of...
Turkey orders detention of 54 people, including 35 academics, over alleged Gülen links in...
Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 54 people, including 35 academics, due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, over the course of two...
Turkish journalists Aksoy, Taş released by İstanbul court after 14 months in jail
Atilla Taş, a former singer and a columnist for the now-closed Meydan daily, Murat Aksoy, former columnist of now-closed Bugün daily, and Davut Aydın,...
Turkey tops list of countries with cases pending before European rights court
According to European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) statistics, 26.3 percent of applications pending before the court as of October 31, 2022 had come...
UN’s failure to extend cross-border mechanism puts lives at risk in Syria: int’l relief...
International humanitarian relief organizations are expressing concern about the failure of the UN Security Council to extend the authorization of the humanitarian cross-border mechanism...
Bozdağ retaliates by canceling meeting with German minister over arrested journalist row
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has reacted against a German decision not to allow him to give a speech arranged for Thursday evening, saying...
Erdoğan says Turkey will continue to develop ties with Qatar
Amid the escalating crisis between Qatar and a group of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish gov’t detains some 80 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained some 80 people across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
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