Far-right presidential candidate criticized for downplaying China’s repression of Uyghurs
Sinan Oğan, a far-right presidential candidate representing a bloc of four parties, is experiencing a backlash for suggesting that China’s treatment of its Uyghur...
Jailed air force cadet not allowed to attend parents’ funeral
Murat Can Güney, 27, a former air force cadet sentenced to life imprisonment on coup charges, was not allowed to attend his parents’ funeral...
700th gathering of ‘Saturday Mothers’ marred by Turkish police violence, detentions
The Saturday Mothers, who gather every Saturday to bring attention to the cases of people who disappeared while in custody in the 1990s, would...
Protestors report severe police mistreatment amid nationwide protests
Protesters detained by police after taking to the streets in response to the detention and subsequent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu have claimed...
CPJ calls on Turkey to release all jailed journalists, stop interfering with press ahead...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to immediately release all journalists and media workers imprisoned for their work and stop interfering with...
255 people killed, 306 maltreated, tortured in Turkey in May: report
Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in May included 255 deaths and 306 incidents of torture and maltreatment, with 87 of them taking...
Applications for US Green Cards increase by 65 pct in Turkey since 2016
The number of Turks who want to immigrate to the United States under the Green Card system, which allows immigrants to permanently live and...
Chronically ill inmate in Izmir dies due to alleged negligence
A chronically ill inmate in a prison in Turkey’s İzmir province has died due to alleged negligence, the BirGün daily reported.
Kadir Coşkun, 65, was arrested...
Critical academic briefly held ahead of Turkey’s vote
A Turkish academic who has criticized the lack of democracy in his country was briefly held and questioned in İstanbul, underscoring tensions ahead of...
Turkey threatened Turkish Cypriot presidential candidates, interfered in 2020 election: report
Turkey interfered in the 2020 presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), a breakaway state recognized only by Turkey, with Turkish...
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