Member of Turkish Court of Cassation in jail for 16 months due to false...
Ali Yıldız, a senior judge and a dismissed member of Turkey's Court of Cassation, has been kept in jail for 16 months due to...
Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential decree, in the latest...
Turkish court jails Islamist woman who insulted Atatürk at mausoleum
A Turkish court on Sunday jails Safiye İnci, an Islamist woman who was detained by police after she filmed herself insulting Turkey’s founding father,...
New report reveals poverty line at TL 33,948 for average Turkish family
The poverty line in Turkey is 33,948 Turkish lira ($1,723) according to the United Metal Workers Union Class Research Center’s (BISAM) April 2023 report.
According to the...
Over 52,000 people investigated for insulting Erdoğan, his government in 4 years
Turkish prosecutors launched over 52,000 investigations into individuals on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government...
Gag order imposed on news reports about embassy official allegedly involved in drug trafficking:...
A court in the western Turkish province of Edirne has imposed a gag order on news reports about Veysel Filiz, a former employee of...
Top Turkish court reinstates 178 judges, prosecutors removed from office due to Gülen links
Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has in a landmark decision ruled to reinstate 178 judges and prosecutors who had been removed...
Turkish court orders release of jailed opposition mayor Özer
A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered the release of Ahmet Özer, the jailed mayor of İstanbul’s Esenyurt district from the main opposition Republican People’s...
COMMENTARY — Uzbek jihadists worked with Turkey’s intelligence under Erdoğan’s rule
By Abdullah Bozkurt
When Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan set his eyes to topple Bashar al-Assad and replace his regime with a proxy Islamist...
Latest gov’t decree to keep some OHAL practices in place in Turkey
The Turkish government will abolish a state of emergency (OHAL) that was declared in the aftermath of the controversial military coup attempt on July...
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