Mother says justice still elusive on 7th anniversary of Berkin Elvan’s death
The mother of Berkin Elvan, a teen who was struck in the head with a gas canister fired by a police officer during the...
96 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have detained of a total of 96 suspects in a week, part of a relentless witch-hunt against the Gülen movement, according to...
Armenian cemetery destroyed during construction project in Ankara
An old Armenian cemetery was destroyed during construction in Ankara’s Ulus district as part of a gentrification project, the Turkish-Armenian bilingual Agos weekly reported.
The...
Chinese pressure upends Uyghur refuge in Turkey
After 20 years in a Chinese prison, Abdullah Abdulrahman joined 50,000 other Uyghurs and fled to Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had once...
Turkey’s far-right MHP insists on firm control over online news sites
Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has submitted a parliamentary bill aiming to bring increased measures against what it called manipulation on digital news...
Turkey’s ruling party rejects motion calling China’s treatment of Uyghurs ‘genocide’
A motion calling the Chinese treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority in northwestern Xinjiang province “genocide” was voted down yesterday by Turkey’s ruling Justice...
Mother and son stage sit-in protest for just trial in political murder case
Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have been protesting in front of the Urfa Courthouse in an attempt to seek justice for three...
Ailing retired imam imprisoned on Gülen links diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
Ahmet Kaptan, 65, a retired imam imprisoned on alleged links to the Gülen movement who has been struggling with gastrointestinal problems and lost 22...
Turkey among top 3 countries with steepest decline in liberal democracy index: report
Turkey is among the countries that “autocratized” the most, together with Poland and Hungary, according to the “Democracy Report 2021,” which was published by...
13 participants in Women’s Day’s march in İstanbul detained on Erdoğan insult charges
Turkish police have detained 13 women including a minor who took part in a march to mark International Women’s Day on March 8 in...
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