CHP’s İnce files lawsuit seeking TL 100,000 in damages from Turkish President Erdoğan
Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP), has filed a lawsuit against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seeking TL100.000...
Five protesters asking for reinstatement to job in Turkey punished by court with house...
Five protesters who are demanding reinstatement to their jobs by protesting on a street in Ankara have been sentenced to house arrest in Turkey,...
Erdoğan unveils human rights action plan, leading to skepticism
At a time when Turkey is the subject of harsh criticism due to gross human rights violations in the country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
UN launches probe into deployment of foreign fighters to Libya by Turkish government: report
UN rapporteurs sent a joint letter in June to the Turkish government seeking further information about its role in the recruitment, financing, transportation and deployment...
Turkish academic illegally deported by Malaysian gov’t in 2017 not allowed to contact his...
İsmet Özçelik, 60, a Turkish academic who was illegally deported to Turkey by the Malaysian government in 2017 due to alleged links to the...
ECtHR faults Greece over 2019 pushback of Turkish national who fled Erdoğan’s crackdown
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously found Greece in violation of multiple articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, citing...
Turkey’s RTÜK sanctions Netflix, local streaming platforms over ‘immoral content’
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed administrative sanctions on Netflix, MUBI and BluTV for hosting content deemed immoral, Turkish Minute reported.
RTÜK...
Turkey’s Erdoğan sues main opposition leader for TL 150,000 in non-pecuniary damages
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday filed a lawsuit against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for TL 150,000...
Journalist Gültaşlı: European institutions are ‘cherry-picking’ imprisoned journalists in Turkey
"It is getting increasingly clear that European institutions are 'cherry-picking' the imprisoned journalists in Turkey for whom they want to protest," wrote journalist Selçuk Gültaşlı,...
Turkey’s ultranationalist party seeks ban on sex reassignment surgery
The far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), an ally of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is working on legislation that bans sex reassignment...
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