Pro-opposition networks to go dark for 10 days due to coverage of protests over...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog will impose simultaneous 10-day broadcast blackouts on opposition-aligned Halk TV and Sözcü TV starting July 8, following separate rulings that penalize...
Turkish prosecutors launch Gülen probe over Galatasaray fans’ Rocky poster
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation on Tuesday after fans of Galatasaray football team unfurled a giant poster ahead of a derby on Sunday...
Over 5,000 cases of torture and abuse documented in Turkey in 2023: report
A total of 5,312 people in Turkey were subjected to either torture or ill-treatment in 2023, according to the Human Rights Association's (İHD) annual...
Turkey sentences YPG militant captured during Afrin offensive to aggravated life
The Hatay 2nd High Criminal court has sentenced Muhammed Mahmud Derviş, 22, a Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militant who was captured by Turkish...
First instance asylum recognition rate of Turks dropped to lowest level in 5 years:...
The first instance asylum recognition rate in September for Turkish applicants in European countries dropped to its lowest level in five years, according to...
İstanbul mayor gets prison sentence, political ban in insult trial verdict
A Turkish court on Wednesday handed down a prison sentence of more than two years as well as imposing a political ban on İstanbul’s...
Principal accused of harassment reappointed to girls high school
The principal of a coeducational high school who has been accused by four female teachers of sexual harassment has been reappointed to a girls’...
Turkish Justice Ministry refuses to disclose number of torture, prisoner abuse claims
In response to a parliamentary question submitted by Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul deputy and human rights defender Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Turkey’s Ministry of Justice...
French intellectuals protest Macron inviting Turkey’s Erdoğan to World War I ceremonies
A group of French intellectuals, politicians and civil society organizations published a joint letter in Le Monde on Tuesday protesting French President Emmanuel Macron for inviting...
Turkish Parliament receives proceedings against 20 MPs including opposition leader
The Turkish Parliament has received summaries of proceedings to remove the parliamentary immunity of 20 opposition lawmakers including the leader of the main opposition...
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