Jailed HR activists say translators giving inaccurate info about Büyükada meeting
A group of human rights defenders, who have been in jail since July 5, have said translators who attended a meeting on İstanbul’s Büyükada...
Former top court member sent to prison over Gülen links
A former member of Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has been sent to prison to serve a sentence due to his...
Court rules to keep philanthropist Kavala in jail in Gezi Park retrial
A Turkish court on Friday ruled to keep prominent businessman and rights activist Osman Kavala in jail as it began to hear the retrial...
Boğaziçi University rector appoints himself as faculty dean in controversial move
Naci İnci, who was appointed rector of Boğaziçi University by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in August 2021 despite his high disapproval rating, on...
CoE calls on Turkey to take further steps on violence against women
The Council of Europe (CoE) on Monday called on Turkey to take further action to comply fully with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions on violence...
Turkey’s top judicial board is under ‘complete’ executive control: Venice Commission
The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters, stated in a recent report that the powers of the president and...
Former police chiefs, already under arrest for some 4 years, put in solitary confinement
Jailed police officers Yurt Atayün and Ömer Köse were put in solitary confinement, according to their lawyer Ömer Turanlı. In a series of tweets, Turanlı said Atayün...
Turkey raises minimum wage by 27 percent, drawing sharp political backlash
Turkey has raised its monthly minimum wage by 27 percent for 2026, setting net pay at 28,075 lira ($655), Labor Minister Vedat Işıkhan announced...
Turkey’s state of emergency measures continue for inmates arrested over Gülen links
Turkish judicial authorities have been maintaining the state of emergency measures for inmates arrested over Gülen links, despite the fact that the state of...
Erdoğan again sues Turkey’s main apposition leader over alleged ‘insult’
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sued Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for allegedly “insulting the presidential office”...
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