Mother of three jailed by Turkish gov’t over links to Gülen movement
Ayşe Elibol, a mother of three, was arrested by a Turkish court in Kırşehir province as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch...
UN special rapporteurs urge Turkey to end mistreatment of human rights lawyers
United Nations human rights special rapporteurs have raised serious concerns over the imprisonment and mistreatment of human rights lawyers in Turkey and expressed concern...
Turkey’s earthquake toll tops 48,000 as gov’t races to build container cities
The death toll in Turkey from last month’s major earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Monday, as authorities rush...
Syrian refugee critical of police raid on mosque targeting anti-gov’t religious group to be...
Munip Ali, a Syrian refugee who tweeted criticism of a police raid on a mosque targeting followers of an anti-government religious group, will be...
Turkish court sentences 10 TRT journalists to prison over alleged links to Gülen movement
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 10 journalists who used to work for Turkish public broadcaster TRT to between six years, three months and...
Erdoğan slams Turkey’s top business association after rare criticism of government
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday delivered a scathing attack on the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD), accusing the country’s most influential...
US State Department annual report details Turkey’s human rights abuses
The US State Department on March 20 issued its 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices with a subsection on Turkey in which it...
Turkey was Europe’s largest plastic waste destination in 2020: report
The European Union exported some 660,000 tons of plastic waste to Turkey in 2020, making it the bloc’s largest plastic waste destination, Turkish Minute...
Turkish gov’t detains 334 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 334 people last week (July 30-August 6) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
X blocks access to accounts of 3 Kurdish journalists in Turkey
Three Kurdish journalists in Turkey have had their X accounts blocked following a request from the Turkish government, citing concerns over “national security,” Turkish...
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