15 detained in Turkish capital over alleged ByLock use
Turkish police detained 15 people in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Tuesday on allegations of using the ByLock smartphone application, the Bold Medya...
HDP lawmakers submit parliamentary question regarding increasing child sexual abuse cases
Two lawmakers from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have submitted a parliamentary question addressing the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Family affairs about...
4 former officers on trial for Gülen links detained while trying to flee to...
Four former military officers who are standing trial in Turkey due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement were captured on Turkey’s...
Prison administration threatens revocation of parole eligibility if sick inmate refuses to withdraw mistreatment...
A sick inmate in Afyon T-type Prison, notorious for mistreating prisoners, was allegedly told to withdraw complaints of mistreatment if he wanted to be...
Turkish authorities arrest pregnant asylum seeker pushed back from Greece
Turkish authorities arrested a pregnant woman on Saturday after she was pushed back from Greece, where she had fled to seek asylum, the Bold...
[Interview] Democracy merely a dream in Turkey since the 2013 Gezi protests, says graphic...
Italian graphic artist Gianluca Costantini said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that democracy in Turkey had been only a dream...
Church officials in eastern Turkey granted police protection over murder threat
Protective measures have been taken for the officials of a Protestant church association in eastern Turkey after they were threatened with murder for being...
105K Turkish high school graduates haven’t enrolled in university amid economic crisis
More than 105,000 high school graduates in Turkey have been unable to enroll in a university this year despite being eligible, mainly due to...
RTÜK chairman allegedly asked Turkish TV channels to broadcast anti-LGBTQ+ video
Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) Chairman Ebubekir Şahin allegedly sent a circular to television stations asking them to broadcast a video calling on...
HDP lawmaker submits parliamentary question about the neglect of Armenian heritage sites
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Garo Paylan has submitted a parliamentary question addressed to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism asking why Armenian churches...
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