A Diyarbakır court decides to release jailed HDP deputies Aydoğan and Beştaş
A court in southeastern Diyarbakır province on Friday ruled for the release of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Nursel Aydoğan and Meral Danış...
Lawyer says Turkish authorities have barred access to investigation into Gabonese student’s death
The lawyer representing the family of a 17-year-old Gabonese student who was allegedly murdered in northwestern Turkey said in a statement to the Turkish...
Opposition mayor cancels dissident singer’s concert upon request by far-right group
An opposition-run municipality has cancelled a concert by dissident Turkish singer Suavi in Turkey’s conservative heartland of Konya upon a request by far-right ultranationalist...
Jailed Turkish academic hospitalized due to COVID-19
Renowned Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, who was jailed as part of a political crackdown on dissent in the wake...
7 migrants perish in boat tragedy off Turkish coast
A life raft carrying migrants crashed into rocks off Turkey’s Aegean coastal town of Cesme on Tuesday, killing seven people on board, the Turkish...
Turkey detains 141 people, arrests 88 over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 141 people in two operations and arrested 88 over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Interior Ministry said...
Members of European Parliament call EU to take harsher stance against Turkish government
Members of European Parliament (EP) have slammed Turkish government's anti-democratic policies and massive human rights violations in the country during a plenary session to...
Turkish journalist associations call 2024 ‘a lost year’ for press freedom amid crackdowns
Representatives of Turkish journalist associations warned Tuesday that press freedom is eroding under legal and political pressure marked by detentions, police violence and censorship,...
Turkey-backed FSA sells armored vehicle to ISIL, daily claims
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Militants from the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) sold an armored vehicle belonging to the Turkish military to the Islamic State in Iraq and...
Dismissed Turkish civil servant hospitalized after reported suicide attempt in prison
A Turkish civil servant dismissed by an emergency decree after a coup attempt in 2016 and later sentenced to prison was hospitalized after attempting...
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