Constitutional court rejects top prosecutor’s request to block funds for pro-Kurdish party
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected a request from a top Turkish prosecutor to block state funds allocated to the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
ECtHR faults Turkey for detention of media executive Karaca
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey in the case of Hidayet Karaca, a prominent journalist and the former chief executive...
Kavala describes Turkish series negatively portraying him as ‘character assassination project’
Jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala has described a Turkish series believed to negatively portray him in line with the narrative of Turkey’s Justice and Development...
Local journalist attacked in eastern Turkey after covering alleged irregularities in AKP municipality
A local journalist in eastern Turkey was attacked by two people connected to the mayor of a Justice and Development Party (AKP)-run municipality, which...
Police prevent Trans Pride March in İstanbul’s Taksim, briefly detain 10
Turkish police prevented LGBTI+ people from holding a demonstration in İstanbul’s Taksim Square on Sunday and briefly detained 10 of the participants based on a...
Gangs at Turkish border with Iran abducting, assaulting Afghan refugees: report
Gangs at the Turkish border with Iran have been abducting refugees from Afghanistan for ransom as well as assaulting them, BBC Turkish service reported.
According to...
6-year-old boy accompanying mother in prison is released without mother, sparking concern over well-being
A 6-year-old boy who has accompanied his mother in prison since infancy has been entrusted to the care of relatives while his mother and...
IOM, UNHCR call for urgent, decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have called for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at...
6 women killed by their husbands in one week in Turkey
Six women were murdered by their husbands over the course of a week in various provinces in Turkey, the Birgün daily reported.
Two women were killed...
Turkey’s Competition Board launches new investigation into Google: report
Turkey’s Competition Board said on Monday it has launched a new investigation into Alphabet Inc., Google LLC and Turkish Google’s advertising unit to determine...
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