HDP deputy claims Turkish coup suspect made to wear ‘hero’ T-shirt to introduce identical...
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Ahmet Yıldırım said on Thursday that the government made jailed noncommissioned officer Gökhan Güçlü, a...
Turkey plans individualized legal steps for PKK militants under proposed ‘opportunity law’
The Turkish government is preparing individualized legal measures for members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), including those currently in prison and those...
Turkey remains stagnant in TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
Turkey has maintained its position with a score of 34 out of 100 in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International...
US House Foreign Affairs chairman urges release of political prisoners in Turkey
In a letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, Chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Eliot Engel and...
US Embassy reiterates friendship with Turkey despite tensions
The Embassy of the United States in Ankara has stressed friendship with Turkey despite ongoing tensions, according to a report by the Hürriyet Daily...
Turkish court rules to keep two Greek soldiers in prison
A court in Turkey’s northwestern Edirne province on Tuesday ruled to keep in prison two Greek soldiers who were detained by Turkish troops patrolling...
Amnesty urges Turkey to stop abusing criminal justice system to silence dissent
Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to stop abusing the criminal justice system to silence dissent, following court rulings that acquitted 99 people...
Far-right party members to replace pro-Kurdish party in monitoring Turkey’s overseas voting
Turkey’s top election authority has decided that members from the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will replace representatives from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...
Opposition MP submits parliamentary question about refugees allegedly thrown into river
Opposition MP Mustafa Yeneroğlu asked in a parliamentary question posed to the interior minister if an investigation had been launched into a claim that...
Turkish journalist Naciye Nur Ener Kılıç released from jail, put into house arrest
The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on Tuesday ruled to release jailed Yeni Asya daily editor Naciye Nur Ener Kılınç, who was imprisoned on March...
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