Turkey blocks access to German daily Bild’s website
Access to the German daily BILD’s website has been blocked by the Turkish government, several media outlets reported on Wednesday.
The decision came after BILD...
Turkish asylum seeker died from torture prior to pushback from Greece: forensics report
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) has revealed the cause of death of a Turkish asylum seeker who crossed the Aegean Sea and was...
Turkish court orders main opposition leader to pay damages to controversial prosecutor
A Turkish court has ordered Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), to pay non-pecuniary damages to İstanbul Chief Public...
İstanbul district mayor, 25 others arrested in expanding crackdown targeting CHP
Hasan Mutlu, mayor of the Bayrampaşa district of İstanbul from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was arrested late Monday along with 25 others in...
Turkish Red Crescent under fire for selling tents after earthquake: report
The Turkish opposition and media on Sunday criticized the Red Crescent (Kızılay) humanitarian group for selling rather than donating tents for those made homeless...
Turkish gov’t blocks access to stories on Paradise Papers related to PM Yıldırım’s sons,...
Access to the news stories covering the the documents of Paradise Papers which are related to Turkish Prime Minister's sons and Turkish President's son-in-law have...
UN report tells some 2,000 dead since truce with PKK collapse in Turkey
UN investigators found some 2,000 people were killed in 18 months of fighting, and accuse Turkish forces of serious human rights violations. The killings,...
Authorities can’t dismiss risk tied to family affiliation, Gülen-linked activity in asylum cases: top...
The Dutch Council of State ruled on March 25 that asylum claims filed by people linked to the Gülen movement must be assessed on...
Noncommissioned officer accused of abduction and rape remains free pending trial
A Turkish court yesterday rejected a request for the arrest of Musa Orhan, a noncommissioned gendarmerie officer who allegedly kidnapped and raped 18-year-old Ipek...
Turkish police torture two university personnel for weeks in Antalya over their alleged links...
Sedat Göçen and Ahmet Gödük, two former staff members of the International Antalya University, which was closed by a government decree issued under emergency...
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