Azeri student deported from Turkey after joining campus protest alleges mistreatment
A graduate student from Azerbaijan who was deported from Turkey after taking part in a campus protest claims she was physically restrained, denied prescribed...
Prosecutors seek up to 2,430 years in prison for jailed İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu in...
Turkish prosecutors have filed a long-awaited indictment of İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, accusing him of leading a vast criminal network and committing 142...
UN experts raise concern over Turkey’s prosecution of LGBTQ+ activist
United Nations special rapporteurs have raised serious concerns over the arrest and prosecution of Enes Hocaoğulları, a 23-year-old LGBTQ+ activist and Turkey’s youth delegate...
Lawmaker disputes Turkey’s claim of high rate of compliance with European rights court rulings
Turkish independent lawmaker Mustafa Yeneroğlu has accused Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç of misleading the public by misrepresenting Turkey’s rate of compliance with judgments issued...
X user arrested after posting photo of İstanbul chief prosecutor, wife on social media
An İstanbul court has ordered the arrest of a social media user who shared a photo of İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek and...
Canada grants asylum to CHP supporters, citing risk of persecution
Two recent decisions by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) have recognized membership and support for Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
Family blames prison conditions for death of former Turkish inmate after serving Gülen-related sentence
The family of a man who died of leukemia in 2024 after serving more than seven years in prison for alleged ties to the...
Turkey facing its worst democratic decline in history: EU rapporteur
Turkey is experiencing an unprecedented level of democratic backsliding, Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkey, said on Wednesday in comments on...
Journalists hit with travel ban after questioning over coverage of jailed İstanbul mayor
A Turkish court banned six Turkish journalists from traveling abroad after they gave statements to the police as suspects in an investigation linked to...
Turkey arrests 67 among 178 detained in 2 weeks of operations targeting Gülen movement
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Friday that Turkish courts have arrested 67 people out of 178 who were detained in nationwide operations...
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