Turkish court hands down reduced sentences to veteran journalists Ilıcak, Altan in third retrial
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced veteran journalists Nazlı Ilıcak and Ahmet Altan to reduced prison terms in their third retrial on charges of...
Opposition party leader put under house arrest in Turkey for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish court on Tuesday placed Nurullah Efe Ankut, leader of the People’s Liberation Party (HKP), under house arrest on charges of insulting President...
2 Turkmen activists who disappeared in Turkey still missing, fueling fears of unlawful deportation
Two Turkmen activists who disappeared after being released from a Turkish deportation center under a Constitutional Court ruling suspending their removal remain missing, fueling...
Court gives journalist suspended sentence, orders release after 3 months in pretrial detention
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Turkish prosecutors investigate X account sharing İmamoğlu’s statements
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a social media account that shares statements from jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main opposition Republican...
Filmmaker on trial in Turkey for screening Armenian genocide film
Kurdish filmmaker Rojhilat Aksoy has gone on trial on charges of “publicly insulting the Turkish nation and state institutions” for screening an animated film...
Police raid another main opposition-run municipality in southern Turkey
Turkish police on Wednesday raided city hall in the opposition-run Mersin Metropolitan Municipality in southern Turkey as part of a corruption investigation, a move...
Press freedom in Turkey deteriorated further in 2025 amid systematic pressure: report
Press freedom in Turkey continued to deteriorate in 2025 amid judicial harassment, censorship, violence and economic pressure, according to a report by leading international...
Kurdish journalist indicted in Turkey over news reports, social media posts
Turkish prosecutors have indicted journalist Nedim Oruç from the pro-Kurdish Ajansa Welat news agency on terrorism-related charges over his reporting and social media posts,...
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).
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