Top election authority overturns annulment of pro-Kurdish party candidate’s election victory
Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Wednesday approved an appeal made by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) against a decision...
Police detain 51 in protests sparked by Gezi Park trial verdict
Police on Tuesday detained 51 people who had gathered in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district to protest a verdict sentencing businessman and rights defender Osman Kavala...
Press Release: New social media regulation will further stifle free speech in Turkey
The Turkish Parliament passed a social media regulation on July 29 that will, if signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, further stifle free speech...
126 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in February: İSİG
At least 126 individuals died in work-related incidents across Turkey in February, according to a new report from the Health and Safety Labour Watch Turkey (İSİG).
Construction...
16-year-old daughter of dismissed teachers dies of heart attack
Ece Nur Esen, a 16-year-old girl whose parents were fired from their jobs by an emergency decree issued after a failed coup in Turkey...
Top court rules recording of conversations during non-contact visits in prisons unlawful
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that recording conversations between inmates and their visitors during non-contact visitation, in which the parties are separated by a...
Armenian graves desecrated amid climate of hostility towards minority groups in Turkey
Some of the graves in the Armenian cemetery of either the Surp Pırgiç or Karasun Manug church foundation in the Sincan district of Ankara...
Pro-Kurdish party calls for ‘peace law,’ end to trustees after PKK’s laying down of...
Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party, has said concrete legal steps, including a “peace law,” the removal of government-appointed trustees and broader...
Amnesty slammed for ignoring plight of Gülen movement members in new report
Amnesty International has been criticized for overlooking systematic violations against people associated with Gülen movement, a faith-based group outlawed by Ankara, in its 2024...
Greek soldiers hold kids at gunpoint, throw them into river in family’s attempt to...
Greek soldiers on Friday pushed back 15 Turks, among them five children, who were fleeing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s relentless crackdown on dissent by...
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