İstanbul mayor testifies to prosecutors in politically charged investigations

İstanbul’s powerful mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, testified to prosecutors on Friday due to his recent criticism of judicial authorities in Turkey, accusing the government of...

RTÜK fines pro-opposition broadcaster for revealing phone call with expert witness

Turkey’s media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed an administrative fine on Halk TV for airing a phone conversation between...

Turkey has more than a third of all cases pending before European rights court

Approximately 21,600 applications from Turkey are pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), making it the highest case-count country in 2024, comprising...

Turkish authorities continue to defy top court ruling on Armenian church foundation’s property rights

Turkish authorities have continued to defy a Constitutional Court ruling that recognizes the Vakıflıköy Armenian Church Foundation’s property rights, refusing to return contested real...

Drone strike on Kurdish ambulance by Turkey-backed forces in Syria constitutes apparent war crime:...

A drone strike by the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) on January 18 that hit a Kurdish Red Crescent ambulance in northern Syria is...

Press groups condemn crackdown on independent media in Turkey, with 14 journalists arrested in...

Fourteen journalists have been arrested in Turkey since the start of the year, press freedom groups said Wednesday, condemning what they described as an...

Turkey’s actors, artists under pressure as gov’t turns up the heat

Ayşe Barım, a renowned manager of Turkish television stars, has always steered clear of politics, but that did not help her escape prison on...

Opposition parties hold joint protest in Ankara against removal of mayors

Representatives from six opposition parties have staged a protest in front of Turkey’s Interior Ministry in Ankara, condemning the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

Former Turkish minister says judiciary became ‘militant’ after failed coup

Hüseyin Çelik, a founding member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who served as minister of education between 2003 and 2009, has...

Turkish court jails opposition journalist

A court in Turkey on Thursday ordered the arrest of a journalist from an opposition television channel accused of broadcasting a secretly recorded interview...
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