Turkish cartoonist given one-year jail sentence due to drawing featuring Moses
Cartoonist Seyfi Şahin, who used to work for the closed-down popular humor magazine Gırgır, has been handed down a jail sentence of one year,...
Kurdish students barred by Turkish teacher from speaking Kurdish at school
A Turkish teacher in Turkey’s southeastern Şırnak province has recently imposed a ban on mother language usage in an elementary school classroom, according to pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...
European leaders condemn Turkey’s actions in Mediterranean
European leaders are set to strongly condemn Turkey’s “illegal actions” toward Greece and Cyprus in a blistering denunciation to be released on Thursday that...
Top Turkish doctor says her arrest due to chemical weapons remarks ‘attempt to silence...
The head of a leading doctors union in Turkey who was arrested on terrorist propaganda charges last month has said that her imprisonment is...
US prosecutors seek at least 15,5 years for Atilla in sanctions busting case
US prosecutors have asked a New York federal judge to sentence Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla to at least 15-and-a-half years in prison for...
Two Turkish journalists say receiving threats due to their reporting
Two female journalists in Turkey have announced that they are receiving threats due to their reporting on an aide to a mafia boss and...
Paralyzed by ill-treatment in Sivas prison, Turkish police officer dies at 33
Kadir Eyce, a 33-year-old police officer who was jailed due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, has died several weeks after he was...
Kurdish journalist from Turkey killed in attack in northern Iraq
A Kurdish journalist, academic and women’s rights activist from Turkey was killed in an attack in front of her house in Sulaymaniyah, a city...
Turkey blocks access to jailed İstanbul mayor’s X account
Turkish authorities on Thursday blocked access to the social media account of İstanbul’s jailed opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has nearly 10 million followers...
UN urges Turkey to grant access to 3 Gülen followers detained in Malaysia
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The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Turkey to confirm the whereabouts of three Turkish nationals who were detained in Malaysia at Ankara’s...
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