Turkish court denies prosecutor’s request to arrest former NCO for raping girl
A Turkish court on Thursday denied a prosecutor's request for the arrest of former noncommissioned officer (NCO) Musa Orhan for allegedly raping İpek Er,...
Turkish gov’t denies sharing Khashoggi audio recordings with US
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday denied that audio recordings involving the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were shared with US Secretary...
Kurdish language association shut down in Izmir amid ongoing crackdown
Municipal officials in the western city of Izmir on Thursday sealed the entrance of a Kurdish language and culture association that has come under...
Swedish appeals court upholds conviction, overturns extradition in PKK funding case
A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Yahya Güngör, who was accused of attempting to financially support the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...
Ailing 83-year-old inmate wants to see his village before dying in prison: daughter
Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old inmate who suffers from severe health problems, wants to see his village before he dies in prison, his daughter...
RTÜK fines Turkish TV stations $41 million over past decade
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), a TV and radio regulatory watchdog in Turkey, announced on Wednesday that in the last decade --...
Protesters condemn armed attack on Turkish newspaper office
Dozens of journalists, representatives of political parties, unions and civil society groups gathered Wednesday in the western city of İzmir to denounce an armed...
Turkey deports 20 Syrian refugees after confiscating belongings: SOHR
Turkish authorities deported 20 Syrian refugees to the city of Ras Al-Ain in northern Syria on Aug. 22, forcing them to sign with their...
Turkey is a mafia state, now more than ever, report funded by US and...
“Turkey has become known as a mafia state and the evidence suggests that this is the case, now more than ever,” according to the...
HRW: Turkey’s Erdoğan opens 3rd airport in İstanbul amid labour rights violations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday opened İstanbul's third airport, which he says will become one of the largest in the world, while...
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