Interpol has rejected 646 Red Notice requests from Turkey since 2016 coup attempt
Turkish Interior Ministry spokesperson İsmail Çataklı said on Monday Interpol has declined 646 Red Notice requests made by Turkey since a failed 2016 coup,...
Official reports confirm Turkish Red Crescent sold tents after 2023 earthquakes
Official reports prepared for Turkish prosecutors confirm that the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) sold tents in the aftermath of the two powerful earthquakes in 2023 that...
Crackdown on the Kurdish Political Movement and Opposition Groups: 2023 in Review
The Turkish government’s persecution of the Kurdish political movement and pressures on other opposition groups persisted throughout 2023, a year in which Turkey held...
Journalist Yalçın arrested in Diyarbakır
Turkish journalist Nurcan Yalçın was arrested by a court of law on Monday, after her detention by police last Friday, Turkish media reported.
Yalçın was...
Turkish authorities impose advertising ban on daily over criticism of Syria incursion
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating public-funded advertisements in the media, has imposed a 19-day advertising ban on the...
Man freed under Turkey’s mass release program killed partner days later
A man freed from prison under Turkey’s latest controversial mass release program for criminal offenders strangled his partner to death three days later, the...
Turkey’s top court declines to issue new ruling on jailed MP stripped of seat
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has declined to issue a third ruling in the case of a jailed opposition politician who was stripped of his parliamentary status last...
Court accepts indictment seeking up to 13 years in prison for jailed journalist
An İstanbul court on Monday accepted an indictment that seeks a prison sentence of up to 13 years for a TV journalist who was...
Elderly mother of Kurdish politician injured during police raid on home
The 90-year-old mother of a Kurdish mayor who was removed from office on terrorism charges has sustained injuries in a police raid on their...
Uyghur families’ detention in Turkey sparks fears of deportation to China
Two Uyghur couples and a 1-month-old baby face possible deportation to China after being detained by Turkish authorities and placed in administrative detention at...
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