Former teacher imprisoned over Gülen links dies from COVID-19 weeks before his release
Ersoy Karamustafa, a former teacher arrested over alleged links to the Gülen movement, died in prison on Saturday of COVID-19, less than two months...
Journalists, human rights activist given suspended sentences on terror charges in Özgür Gündem trial
A Turkish court on Monday handed down suspended sentences to three journalists and prominent human rights activist Eren Keskin who were tried on charges...
PKK militants executed 13 Turks in northern Iraq: Ankara
Turkey on Sunday accused outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants of executing 13 Turkish nationals, mainly members of the security forces, whom they had...
Opposition MP to file complaint over hate speech targeting Armenians in street interview
An opposition lawmaker has announced that he will file a complaint against a woman who said in a street interview conducted in Turkey that...
IHD documents extensive human right violations in east and southeast Turkey
A report drafted by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that 6,372 rights violations took place in the east and southeast of Turkey...
48 detained in raids across Turkey over alleged use of ByLock messaging app
At least 48 people were detained over their alleged use of the ByLock mobile application, considered by the Turkish government to be evidence of...
Sex crime convictions increased 10-fold in Turkey in 10 years: report
The number of people convicted of sex crimes in Turkey saw a sharp increase from 562 in 2009 to 5,800 in 2019, a 10-fold...
Parliament speaker rejects request for inquiry into torture allegations, claiming objectionable language in complaint
Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mustafa Şentop returned a letter to human rights activist and lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, claiming that it contained “vulgar...
Turkey arrests another student in ongoing Boğaziçi protests, bringing total to 11
Hasan Koral Hacıbeyoğlu, a student from Turkey’s İstanbul Bilgi University, has been arrested by a court for participating in demonstrations against the appointment of...
Social media platforms pose threat to Turkey’s sovereignty: ruling party spokesman
Spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ömer Çelik called social media companies the source of digital fascism and digital dictatorship, saying...
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