Turkey detained 8 journalists, arrested 5 in February: main opposition lawmaker

Turkish authorities detained eight journalists and arrested five in February, while reporters appeared in court at least 50 times during the month, according to...

Kurdish football club in Turkey faces probe over braids clip backing Syrian Kurds

Turkey’s main Kurdish football team is to face action by the national football organization for sharing a video in solidarity with Kurdish forces in...

Erdoğan criticizes opposition, using ethnic and religious slur

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan resorted to discriminatory language when criticizing the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) during a speech at the Union of...

Turkish gov’t vows to retaliate for Israel’s deterrent measures against Turkish nationals

Israel on Sunday charged a Turkish tourist in detention on Sunday with helping smuggle money and packages to Palestinian militant group Hamas, in a...

4 Syrian children die in İstanbul house fire

Four Syrian children, the youngest of whom was 1 year old, were killed Monday night in İstanbul in a fire that broke out in...

İstanbul Bar officials face up to 12 years over statement on Kurdish journalists’ killing

İstanbul Bar Association President İbrahim Kaboğlu and 10 board members face criminal charges carrying prison sentences of up to 12 years over their reaction...

6 Turkish police officers indicted for torturing detainees

İstanbul prosecutors have indicted six police officers on charges of torturing three people in their custody in 2022, the T24 news website reported. The detainees...

Activist starts serving prison sentence for showing solidarity with Kurdish daily

Well-known activist, writer and journalist Celaletttin Can has been sent to prison to serve a 15-month sentence on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda for...

Family requests investigation into alleged suicide of 17-year-old boy in police custody

The family of Kadir Aktar, a 17-year-old boy who allegedly committed suicide in police custody last Friday, has requested an investigation into the circumstances...

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...
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