Migration experts accuse government of using migrants for political ambitions and failing to develop...
Migration experts in an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service accused the Turkish government of using migrants for their political ambitions and failing...
Turkish public TV allocates 105 minutes to President Erdoğan, 18 seconds to HDP’s Demirtaş...
Turkey's state-run broadcasting company TRT has allocated 105 minutes of airtime to Turkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the ruling Justice...
Two more women who just gave birth detained over links to Gülen movement
Filiz Y., a 30-year-old woman who gave birth at Mersin City Hospital last night, has been detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Turkish authorities should stop bullying journalists and drop charges against Oktay Candemir: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to immediately drop all charges against journalist Oktay Candemir, who was charged with...
Former public servant believed to have died in work-related accident
A former public servant who was fired by a government decree after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 is believed to...
İHD’s Keskin: Fate of 264 forcibly disappeared people in Turkey remains undetermined
"The fate of 264 out of 472 people known to have been forcibly disappeared throughout the 1990s cannot be determined," said Eren Keskin, chair...
Top European judges decry situation of Turkey’s judiciary, ECtHR’s role: report
Several executives from European-based judges’ associations in a series of interviews with the Arrested Lawyers Initiative slammed the political control over Turkey’s judiciary as...
Press freedom groups demand release of 3 journalists in Turkey
Ten press freedom organizations on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional release of three journalists arrested in Turkey earlier this month as part...
Turkish court releases academic Cenk Yiğiter after 3 days in detention
A Turkish court on Monday released academic Cenk Yiğiter, who was detained by police on Friday along with a group of university students and...
Altan’s release sets important precedent for political prisoners: Freedom House
In a statement issued following the release of author and journalist Ahmet Altan, the Washington-based Freedom House called on Turkish courts to similarly rectify...
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