Turkish journalist expelled from Erdoğan-Merkel news conference due to slogan T-shirt
Turkish journalist Adil Yiğit was removed from a news conference held by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin...
Woman campaigning for release of father suffering from Alzheimer’s among 27 arrested over Gülen...
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Prosecutor demands additional prison sentence for jailed journalist in new indictment
An Istanbul prosecutor in a new indictment has demanded another prison sentence for Merdan Yanardağ, the editor-in-chief of Turkish broadcaster TELE1, who was arrested...
Ankara to reject UK plan for Afghan refugee center in Turkey
The Turkish government will reject a UK plan to establish an asylum processing center for Afghan refugees in Turkey, the foreign ministry said in...
1,809,000 people affected by 332 curfews declared by Turkish gov’t in 3 years
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared at least 332 curfews in the predominantly Kurdish southeastern part of Turkey since...
Another journalist arrested in Turkey amid ongoing crackdown on the press
A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of freelance journalist Metin Yoksu, part of an investigation led by prosecutors in the northeastern...
Most religion-based hate crimes in Turkey targeted Alevis, Christians in 2022: report
Alevis and Christians were targeted in the vast majority of religion-based hate crimes recorded in Turkey in 2022, according to a report by the...
Turkish officer ordered gendarmes to throw refugees pushed back by Greece into river, causing...
An officer in Turkey’s border city of Edirne ordered gendarmes to throw refugees pushed backed by Greece into the Evros River, causing the death...
Turkish gov’t detains yet another pro-Kurdish journalist
The Turkish government has detained pro-Kurdish journalist Çağdaş Kaplan, editor-in-chief of the Yeni Yaşam newspaper, in İstanbul, according to a report by the Mezopotamya...
Ski resort fire trial begins as families demand investigations into gov’t officials
During the opening hearing of the trial over a deadly hotel fire that killed 78 people in January, victims' families called for public officials...
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