Turkish gov’t to sell mansions seized from Gülen-linked businessmen for at least $23 mln
Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) will sell two mansions owned by Akın İpek, a businessman currently living in exile in the UK...
Doctors in Turkey discouraged from writing up reports on abuse, torture
There appears to be a systematic and deliberate campaign by the government of Turkey to dissuade doctors from writing up reports that prove abuse...
Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan’s spying, profiling expands in Norway
Two more Norwegian NGOs with links to Turkish government were involved in what appears to be illegal profiling and surveillance of critics and opponents...
Victims of 1915 “Armenian genocide” commemorated in İstanbul
Armenian victims of atrocities and a forced deportation in a volume of genocide carried out by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 were commemorated in...
Streaming platforms to pay 1.5 percent of annual revenue to Turkey’s media watchdog
In yet another move tightening its grip on digital media, Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has made...
42 protestors briefly detained after police break up Pride march in Ankara
Turkish police on Tuesday broke up an LGBTQ+ Pride march in Ankara and briefly detained 42 people, Turkish Minute reported.
Authorities had banned Pride marches...
Prosecutor demands aggravated life sentence for Kavala in new indictment: report
An Istanbul prosecutor in a new indictment has demanded an aggravated life sentence for Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and rights activist, Turkish Minute...
Erdoğan says Turkey’s peace initiative will continue as pro-Kurdish party voices doubts over delays
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday that Turkey would continue a peace initiative aimed at ending the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) armed campaign,...
Turkish court seeks extradition of exiled journalist Arslan with fabricated murder document
The Turkish judiciary has prepared fabricated documents to assure the issuance by Interpol of a Red Notice for the extradition of veteran Turkish journalist...
Court blocks reporting on ban on news about agency linked to Turkish first lady
A Turkish court has blocked access to news stories covering a ban on reports on the Turkish Environment Agency (TÜÇA), which was established in...
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