Broadcasting watchdog RTÜK contributes to increasing censorship in Turkey: Human Rights Watch
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), is contributing to increasing censorship in the country by imposing punitive and disproportionate sanctions...
121 workers died in occupation-related accidents in Turkey in February: report
A total of 121 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in February, according to a monthly report prepared by the Health and Safety Labor Watch...
Rights groups urge EU to suspend funding amid allegations of human rights abuses in...
A coalition of civil society organizations has called on the European Union to suspend funding to Turkish facilities implicated in human rights abuses.
Following a...
Survey shows 80 percent of Turkish people back Turkey’s EU membership
Nearly eight out of 10 Turks support Turkey's EU membership bid, new research revealed on Tuesday. The Economic Development Foundation (İKV), an İstanbul-based group that...
EP votes to cut €70 mln in aid to Turkey over human rights violations
The European Parliament has voted to cut financial support to Turkey by €70 million ($80.8 million) due to concerns over human rights and the...
Hotel cuts power to prevent talk by critical politician Akşener
A former candidate for leadership of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Meral Akşener, was forced to address party members in the dark when...
3 dead, 4 missing as migrant boat sinks in Aegean Sea off western Turkey,...
Three migrants died and four others were missing after an inflatable boat began taking on water Thursday in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s western...
3 journalists released pending trial, 3 kept in jail for reporting intel officer’s killing...
A trial started on Wednesday for seven Turkish journalists charged with revealing state secrets in their coverage of the death of a Turkish intelligence...
Turkish pianist under detention over social media posts
Turkish pianist Dengin Ceyhan was detained on Tuesday over his social media posts. Born in 1991, Ceyhan is teaching at the Hacettepe University conservatory....
Dutch-Turkish journalist faces death threats by Erdogan’s fanatics
A Dutch journalist of Turkish origin has faced a systematic campaign of threats including death by what appears to be fans of Turkey's autocratic...
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