Turkish court finds no crimes against humanity in deadly military arson against Kurdish family
A court in central Turkey has released its reasoned decision in the case of the mass murder of a Kurdish family in a deliberately...
Decrees issued by Erdoğan exceed number of bills passed by parliament since system change
The number of decrees issued by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since assuming the top state office for the second time in 2018, when Turkey...
Turkey removed 32 Kurdish mayors in 2019: report
Turkey’s Interior Ministry appointed trustees to replace 32 elected Kurdish mayors in 2019, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a report drafted...
ISIL suspect’s release from jail before deadly shootout in Turkey sparks anger
A gun battle between Turkish police and suspected Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants that killed three officers has triggered a...
Turkey bans access to streaming platform Twitch
Turkey has imposed a ban on access to Twitch, one of the most popular live streaming platforms in the country, Turkish Minute reported.
Turkey’s Telecommunications...
Pro-Kurdish party given additional 60 days to prepare defense in closure case
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has given the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and additional 60 days to prepare its defense in a closure case the...
Police briefly detain 4 journalists working for Russian Sputnik’s Turkish service
Turkish police briefly detained four journalists from the Turkish operation of Russia’s Sputnik news agency including its editor-in-chief, according to Sputnik.
Editor-in-chief Mahir Boztepe, who...
Nearly 9 in 10 women in Turkey’s film industry report widespread harassment and unsafe...
Nearly nine in 10 women working in Turkey’s film industry say they have experienced harassment, violence, discrimination or other serious workplace violations, according to...
Tech companies asked to resist internet censorship ahead of Turkish elections
With Turkey scheduled to hold local elections at the end of March, a group of international and local human rights and press advocacy groups...
Woman arrested to serve sentence for conviction of Gülen links, leaving children to the...
A mother of three on Sunday was arrested to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement, leaving her children to...
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