Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposes millions in fines on government-critical media
According to a recent statement by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Utku Çakırözer, Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed millions...
Man faces prison for social media posts ridiculing Turkish president Erdoğan
A man in Turkey’s eastern Tunceli province will stand trial on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on two occasions, the Diken...
Turkey’s top court rules in favor of purge victim and mother over ‘inhumane’ police...
The Constitutional Court has found rights violations in the treatment of prominent human rights activist Veli Saçılık and hismother, Kezban Saçılık, who were subjected...
Turkey detains 15 people in operations targeting pro-Kurdish party, lawyers group
At least 15 people, including members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) and the Association for the Freedom of Lawyers (ÖHD),...
Turkey has requested removal of massive amount of online content from Google in 10...
Turkish government agencies have requested the removal of a total of 90,400 web pages and other content from Google in the last decade, Turkish...
Turkey’s top appeals court rejects pro-Kurdish party’s name change request
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has refused to a give a green light to the name change request of a pro-Kurdish party on the...
Journalist in Turkey ordered to pay TL 25K for insulting Erdoğan’s son-in-law
A journalist in Turkey has been ordered to pay a fine of TL 25,000 ($866) on conviction of insulting Selçuk Bayraktar, the chief technical...
Judge suspended amid allegations of corruption in judiciary
Turkey’s top judicial body, the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), has suspended a judge following the leveling of corruption allegations about him by...
More than 3,000 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in 10 years
Men killed at least 3,151 women in Turkey between January 1, 2013 and November 21, 2023, the Bianet news website reported on Thursday.
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‘At least let us know if he’s still alive,’ mother of former civil servant...
The parents of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, a former civil servant who went missing under suspicious circumstances, have said in an interview that they are...
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