Erdoğan spokesman: No plans to restart process to resolve Turkey’s ‘Kurdish issue’
The Turkish government has no plans to restart a process aimed at bringing a resolution to the country’s so-called “Kurdish problem,” a presidential spokesman...
Journalist receives threats after interviewing teen who allegedly defaced Kurdish traffic signs
Kurdish journalist Ruşen Takva has received numerous threats on social media since he published an interview with a 16-year-old who claims to have defaced...
Court releases 14 more cadets convicted on coup charges
An İstanbul court has released pending retrial 14 more military cadets who had been convicted on coup charges and sentenced to life in prison...
Twitter account of Turkish-American organization linked to Erdoğan suspended for targeting Enes Kanter
Twitter on Thursday suspended the account of the Turkish-American National Steering Committee (TASC), a diaspora organization known for its close ties to Turkey’s president,...
Purged Turkish teacher recounts 4 years in prison without news of children
A former English teacher dismissed in Turkey’s post-coup purge has recounted years of imprisonment, deteriorating health and family estrangement, including four years in prison...
Turkish gov’t detains former police intelligence chief and judge wife over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police detained Zeki Güven, former intelligence chief of the Ankara Police Department, and his wife, Judge Sevda Güven, on Tuesday in a shopping...
Turkey’s Instagram ban unlawful, violates constitution, İstanbul bar says
The İstanbul Bar Association has said in a recent statement that Turkey’s controversial ban on the Instagram social networking platform is “unlawful” and violates...
Turkey seeks extradition of journalist in exile reporting on gov’t corruption
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking the extradition of an investigative journalist living in exile in Germany from where he reports extensively on the Turkish...
The Year in Review: Women’s Rights
The year 2020 has witnessed an increase in rights violations against women in Turkey, with rising numbers of femicide cases amid discussions of withdrawing...
UN rapporteurs raise concern over prosecution, legal pressure on female environmental defenders in Turkey
UN special rapporteurs have expressed concern that two female environmental defenders in Turkey have faced prosecution, arrest and other legal pressure for their peaceful...
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