Intruders break into house of Turkey’s Human Rights Association co-chair
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (IHD) announced in a press statement that unknown intruders broke into the house of Eren Keskin, a human rights activist...
146 workers died in workplace deaths in Turkey in January: İSİG
At least 146 workers died in work-related incidents across Turkey in January, according to a new report from the Health and Safety Labour Watch Turkey (İSİG).
Construction...
Turkey’s official news agency refutes claims of Malaysian deputy PM and police chief over...
Turkish government's official news agency refutes the claims of Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Malaysian police chief...
US dismisses Turkish PM Bozdağ’s remark on Gülen-US judiciary links, calls it ‘absurd’
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert has dismissed a question about remarks of Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ, who on Monday claimed the...
3 journalists released pending trial, 3 kept in jail for reporting intel officer’s killing...
A trial started on Wednesday for seven Turkish journalists charged with revealing state secrets in their coverage of the death of a Turkish intelligence...
3 detained as Boğaziçi University restricts access to campus due to Erdoğan visit
Police detained at least three people at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University on Friday as the school administration restricted access to the campus and moved classes...
Turkish court blocks access to Kurdish news agency for security reasons
A local court in eastern Turkey has blocked access to the Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency on the grounds that it poses a threat to...
Erdoğan’s long arm: Deutsche Bank closes accounts of Erdoğan opponents without giving any reason
Germany’s Deutsche Bank has closed the accounts of three opponents of Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan without providing a reason, possibly over dubious...
Turkey urgently needs to demonstrate concrete progress on rule of law, fundamental freedoms:...
The European Union External Action Service (EEAS) said in a statement issued on Saturday that a Turkish court’s decision to convict four human rights...
IFJ condemns Turkey’s use of press card fee as evidence of terrorism
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Wednesday condemned Turkish authorities for categorizing a routine press card payment as evidence in a terrorism investigation,...
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