Turkish gov’t facilitates organized crime, fights political opponents: report
The Turkish government’s role in the country’s escalating organized crime activities is scrutinized in the recently published Global Organized Crime Index 2023 released by...
Turkish President Erdoğan: Justice Ministry working on partial amnesty for some prisoners
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the Turkish Justice Ministry is considering whether or not to grant a partial amnesty for...
Erdoğan’s henchman: Oppression targeting Gülen movement to be more severe after Zarrab case
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former speechwriter and current Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy Aydın Ünal wrote on Tuesday that the...
Quake victims suffering from disease unable to access basic medicine, healthcare services
Victims of devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey’s southern provinces in early February are having problems accessing essential health services and basic medicine, the TR724...
Turkish court rejects release of dismissed academic, co-defendant in retrial
A Turkish court has rejected a request to release dismissed academic Nuriye Gülmen and co-defendant Yasemin Karadağ during their retrial on charges of membership...
Torture and intimidation in a Turkish detention center: Former detainee shares details of harrowing...
Hayati Uysal, a 29-year-old Turkish man who was imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement, has shared his harrowing account of torture in detention that...
Turkish gov’t detains 3 people as fleeing from Turkey to Greece
Turkish government has detained three people at the Turkey-Greece border region in Edirne province as they were trying to flee from Turkey to Greece...
Erdoğan rival hardens tone, courting Turkish nationalists
Turkey’s opposition leader vowed Thursday to send millions of migrants back home in a strident message aimed at winning the support of an ultranationalist...
PACE committee calls on member states to facilitate emergency visas for quake victims in...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee for Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons has called on member states to facilitate the issuance of...
Mother of former military cadet stages protest in Ankara, demanding justice for imprisoned...
Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of a former military cadet who is serving a life sentence for allegedly participating in an abortive putsch in Turkey...
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