Turkish courts arrest 5 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish courts have ordered the arrest of five people detained in two separate operations in Edirne province over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Turkish police fire tear gas to break up protest called by ousted CHP leader...
Riot police in Turkey fired tear gas and used water cannon to break up a rally called by ousted opposition leader Özgür Özel Tuesday,...
Turkey blocks 93 social media accounts for alleged ‘provocative’ posts after CHP court ruling
Turkish authorities have blocked access to 93 social media accounts accused of making “provocative” posts and attempting to create “social chaos” following a controversial...
Families of Turkey’s post-coup purge victims call for justice a decade on
Relatives of people imprisoned or dismissed from public service after a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 have called on authorities to end what...
UN rapporteurs raise concerns over prosecution of Turkish LGBTI+ rights defender
United Nations rapporteurs have expressed concern over the prosecution of a trans rights defender in Turkey, saying the case appeared to be linked to...
Turkey’s top court annuls digital search law over privacy safeguards
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a criminal procedure law that allowed judges to authorize searches and the copying and seizing of suspects’ computers and...
PACE rapporteurs warn Turkey’s opposition must not be silenced by force or courts
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) co-rapporteurs on Turkey said Sunday that the country’s opposition must not be silenced “through force or judicial...
9 CHP members arrested in probe linked to annulled party congress
Nine members of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been arrested in an investigation into alleged irregularities at the party’s 2023 congress,...
Erdoğan reverses order to close liberal İstanbul university after protests
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday reversed his decision to close a liberal private university in İstanbul after protests by students and faculty...
Human Rights Watch says Turkey damaging democracy as CHP members detained
Human Rights Watch said on Saturday that the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was undermining democracy through “abusive tactics” against the main...
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