Court rules to keep former Zaman daily editor in pretrial detention
An İstanbul court has ruled to keep journalist Mehmet Kamış, the former deputy editor-in-chief of the now-closed Zaman newspaper who was arrested in November,...
Disaster at gold mine came after repeated warnings by opposition, civil society
As Turkey continues to deal with the aftermath of a landslide on Tuesday that left at least nine workers trapped at a gold mine...
At least 9 trapped in Turkish gold mine landslide
A landslide on Tuesday trapped at least nine workers at a gold mine in eastern Turkey, where search and rescue efforts were underway to...
Police detain 6 journalists working for Kurdish media in western Turkey
Turkish special operations police on Tuesday morning detained six journalists, most of whom work for pro-Kurdish media outlets, in simultaneous raids in the western...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2023 in Review
The Gülen movement is a worldwide civic initiative rooted in the spiritual and humanistic tradition of Islam and inspired by the ideas of Fethullah...
Turkey arrests Kurdish journalist on terrorism charges
A court in southeastern Turkey has ruled for the arrest of journalist Selamet Turan, who was detained last week, the Mezopotamya news agency reported...
Sister of journalist found dead in SE Turkey
Rojvelat Kızmaz, the sister of journalist Mehmet Kızmaz who was reported missing on Friday, has been found dead in a dam in southeast Turkey,...
Electric shocks, mock execution: Woman detained over Gülen links recounts torture by police
A woman detained for managing a dormitory affiliated with the Gülen movement described in an interview with the Kronos news website the torture she...
Support pours in for doctor facing smear campaign over previous activism against torture
The portrayal of a doctor in a documentary about an organization run by a preacher convicted of sexual exploitation as a supporter of the...
Turkish court hands down suspended sentence to sexual harassment perpetrator
A Turkish man who was convicted of sexually harassing a young woman on a public bus in central Turkey’s Kayseri province received a reduced...
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