Police detain 5 more people for playing Kurdish songs in southeastern Turkey
Turkish police have detained five people for playing Kurdish-language songs at a wedding in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Bold news website reported...
Ailing inmate with cancer kept in prison despite critical condition
Mustafa Aytaç, an inmate at a prison in the western Turkish province of Afyon, remains incarcerated despite suffering from cancer and a medical report...
Prosecutors launch investigation into DEM Party members over Kurdish anthem
The Şırnak Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into 13 members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) for...
Turkey detains 55 over Gülen links: minister
Turkish police have detained 55 people across 21 provinces in the last four days over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior...
Turkey’s top court says stripping jailed opposition MP of parliamentary status not legitimate
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has said removing the parliamentary status of an opposition lawmaker whose incarceration led to a judicial crisis is “null and void,”...
We face threats, prosecution for reporting on abuses in prisons: human rights lawyer
Nagehan Avçil, a human rights lawyer from the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), said in an interview that lawyers face arrest and prosecution...
Kurdish-language traffic signs allegedly defaced by gov’t agency officials in eastern Turkey
Officials from Turkey’s General Directorate of Highways (KGM) have allegedly defaced Kurdish-language traffic signs in the eastern province of Batman, the Artı Gerçek news...
HRW raises alarm at Turkey’s embrace of Syrian groups accused of war crimes
Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised concerns over Turkey's warm reception of two faction leaders from Syrian armed opposition groups accused of serious human rights...
Veteran Turkish actor who stood trial on Erdoğan insult charges dies at 86
Genco Erkal, a distinguished Turkish actor and director known for his extensive contributions to Turkish theater and cinema as well as his political activism...
Turkey’s RTÜK sanctions Netflix, local streaming platforms over ‘immoral content’
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed administrative sanctions on Netflix, MUBI and BluTV for hosting content deemed immoral, Turkish Minute reported.
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