Ukrainian prosecutor’s office: No extradition request for Turkish journalist Erdogdu
Ten days after a list of extraditions appeared in the local media, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office stated that they had not received a...
Fresh indictment seeks up to 7 years in prison for İstanbul mayor
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to seven years for İstanbul’s powerful mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, due to his recent criticism of...
Immense need of sustainable response to health, psychological needs in Turkey, Syria: IFRC
There is an urgent need of a sustainable short and long-term response to the health, mental health and psychosocial needs in Turkey and Syria...
Turkish police ordered to stop people from recording videos during use of force
Turkey’s Security General Directorate has ordered the country’s police officers to stop people from recording videos while law enforcement is carrying out its duties,...
Turkish gov’t puts 669th baby behind bars over his parents’ alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government put the 669th baby behind the bars as his father and mother were arrested and sent to jail as part of massive...
Turkey seeks legislation to prevent exiled dissidents from claiming damages in its courts
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking to amend a law that allows anyone with legal capacity to file a lawsuit in the country, either personally...
International appeal urges Turkish gov’t to end legal assault on HDP
Well-known leftist politicians and activists from around the world have called on the Turkish government to halt its legal attacks on the country’s pro-Kurdish...
MHP attack on pro-gov’t TV station leads to dismissal, resignation of journalists
One journalist was fired while another resigned in protest at the pro-government Habertürk TV after the station was harassed by politicians from Turkey’s far-right...
Nationalist opposition suggests Turkish gov’t seize Trump Towers in retaliation for US sanctions
Turkey's nationalist opposition İYİ Party spokesperson Aytun Çıray has said the Turkish government should retaliate against recently imposed US sanctions on two Turkish ministers and “seize...
CoE rapporteurs voice concern over Turkey’s local democracy after Kurdish mayor’s removal
David Eray and Bryony Rudkin, co-rapporteurs of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE), have expressed concern over...
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