22 killed as truck carrying migrants crashes in western Turkey
Twenty-two people, including children, were killed when a truck carrying migrants crashed in the western Turkish province of İzmir on Sunday, Turkey's state-run Anadolu...
Turkey renames new US Embassy street in Ankara ‘Malcolm X Avenue’
The street in Turkey's capital city of Ankara where the new US Embassy is to be located will bear the name of Malcolm X,...
Turkish military operation footage screened in stadium before Amedspor match
Footage of a Turkish military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was projected on the scoreboard of a stadium on Saturday, just...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan pours lots of cash into Turkey’s intelligence agency
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), the main clandestine tool the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using to transform Turkey into...
After destroying his iPhone over Brunson case, Turkish deputy now demands a new one
Cemal Enginyurt, a deputy from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) which is the ultra-nationalist ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development...
Turkish gov’t detains journalist Öner, former editor of pro-Kurdish Demokratik Modernite magazine
The Turkish government on Friday detained Servet Öner, the former editor of pro-Kurdish monthly magazine Demokratik Modernite, in the Beyoğlu district of İstanbul as...
US President Trump hails freeing of Brunson as step in Turkish-American ties
US President Donald Trump said the release and return of Andrew Brunson will be a “tremendous” step toward better relations between the United States...
Turkish journalists face jail for describing Brunson case as ‘hostage diplomacy’
Turkish prosecutors have launched legal proceedings against two journalists for calling a terrorism case involving American pastor Andrew Brunson “failing hostage diplomacy,” as intense...
Erdoğan claims Turkish universities stronger, freer than ever
Turkey’s universities have never been as strong and as free as they are today, Russia's Sputnik news quoted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as saying...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens Gülen movement: We will cause them suffering
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday promised to go after people linked to the faith-based Gülen movement, saying he will cause them suffering....
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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