Turkey detains lawyers based on anonymous tip

The Ankara police have carried out house raids to detain 20 people, including lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (Çağdaş Hukukçular Derneği, ÇHD), on...

Turkish government implies military operations in Syria longstanding

Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has implied on Tuesday that the Turkish military's operations in Syria are going...

Steudtner: Detained activists in Turkey face ‘unfair’ judicial system

Turkey is failing to adhere to normal judicial practices by keeping political prisoners held without indictment and by having their trials repeatedly postponed, human rights activist...

Turkey to work with Pakistan to stop new wave of Afghan migrants

Turkey will work with Pakistan to help stabilize Afghanistan and prevent a new flood of refugees, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday, Agence France-Presse...

Turkish Interior Ministry introduces new plan to set ‘migrant quota’ in cities

Turkish Deputy Interior Minister Ismail Çataklı on Wednesday said a quota for migrants had been introduced in 16 cities to make sure non-Turkish residents...

Reza Zarrab potential witness as Turkey’s Erdoğan cited in US sanctions-busting case

Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who was arrested in Miami in March 2016 on charges of evading US sanctions on Iran, will not...

[UPDATE] Heavy rain, floods compound misery of earthquake survivors in southern Turkey, killing at...

Heavy rain in southern Turkey has compounded the misery of survivors who have been living in tents following earthquakes that affected 11 Turkish provinces...

148 people including 5 inmates died, 281 maltreated or tortured in Turkey in March:...

Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in March included 148 deaths and 281 incidents of torture or maltreatment, with 51 of them taking...

Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences for 3 military officers in coup trial

A court in Turkey’s Bolu province handed down aggravated life sentences to three top military officers in the province for participating in a failed...

Former Zaman daily editor says he is in prison only due to journalistic activities

Journalist Mehmet Kamış, the former deputy editor-in-chief of the now-closed Zaman newspaper in Turkey who was arrested in November, has said his journalistic activities...
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