Local journalists increasingly targeted for their work, says professional association
The Contemporary Journalists' Association (ÇGD) released a statement yesterday condemning increasing pressure and attacks on local Turkish journalists following several incidents over the past...
Turkey says users will need national ID numbers to access social media within 3...
Turks will need national ID numbers to access social media within three months, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek said on Friday, in a move that...
Amnesty says Somali strikes with Turkish drones killed civilians
Twin airstrikes by Somalia’s military using Turkish drones killed 23 civilians, including 14 children, in March, rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Tuesday, calling for an...
Diyarbakır Bar takes legal action over human skeletons found at former JİTEM base
The Diyarbakır Bar Association announced on Thursday that it has started the process to determine the identity of human skeletons found during work at...
Army conscript claims he was beaten for speaking in Kurdish
Çetin Doğan (20), a conscript in the Turkish army, has claimed that he was beaten for speaking in Kurdish during his military service and...
Liberal International to honor jailed businessman Kavala with 2025 freedom award
Liberal International will award its 2025 Prize for Freedom to jailed Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala at a ceremony in Germany next month,...
Amnesty calls on Turkey to cease discriminatory practices against Pride protesters
Amnesty International has released a report on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), observed on May 17, urging...
800 Syrians in Turkey return home weekly to undesirable conditions, says UNCHR Turkey representative
Philippe Leclerc, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) representative in Turkey, said approximately 800 Syrians leave Turkey for Syria every week but...
Turkey arrests 94 former military personnel over alleged Gülen links
Ninety-four former military personnel were arrested as part of a massive crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on...
Lawyer alleges police violence at İstanbul station after client meeting
Lawyer Yunus Özayar filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday alleging that police officers physically assaulted him at a police station in İstanbul after he...
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