Pride Week activities to be banned in İstanbul over concerns of ‘protecting the family’:...
İstanbul’s newly appointed governor has announced that Pride Week activities in the city will not be allowed, citing concerns about the “protection of the...
Turkish police raid religious group’s main dormitory in İstanbul
Turkish police on Friday raided an İstanbul dormitory run by a religious group known as “Süleymancılar” and who identify themselves as “Süleymanlılar,” which has...
Iconic İstanbul inn to be returned to Armenian foundation 92 years after confiscation by...
The Sanasaryan Inn, one of the oldest Armenian buildings in İstanbul, which was confiscated by the Turkish state in 1930, will be returned to...
Mother transferred to Gebze prison, baby left in care of lawyers
A breastfeeding mother was separated from her eight-month-old baby when she was transferred from an İstanbul prison to another one in Gebze, the pro-Kurdish...
Turkey ignores European deadline to release businessman Kavala
A Turkish court on Monday extended the detention of a civil society leader, ignoring a deadline from Europe’s top human rights body to release...
115 Turkish journalists subjected to violence, 241 appeared before a judge in 2021: report
One hundred fifteen journalists were subjected to physical violence in Turkey last year, and three out of every five journalists have received threats during...
Barkey and Edelman: US should focus on detained State Department staff in Turkey
US President Donald Trump has a moral obligation to come to the aid of three State Department employees jailed in Turkey, wrote Henry J....
Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik released from Diyarbakır Prison
Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was jailed with her baby earlier this month on terror charges because she had said, “Don’t let children die”...
Turkish journalists face jail for describing Brunson case as ‘hostage diplomacy’
Turkish prosecutors have launched legal proceedings against two journalists for calling a terrorism case involving American pastor Andrew Brunson “failing hostage diplomacy,” as intense...
Gülen-linked school in Burkina Faso to be handed over to Turkish Maarif Foundation
The Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMV), a state-run educational body, will take over schools in Burkina Faso affiliated with the Gülen movement, a worldwide civic...
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