Detention warrants issued for 93 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Courts in İstanbul and Ankara issued detention warrants on Friday for a total of 93 people, including 33Capital Markets Board (SPK) employees, as part...
Turkish doctors warn of the detrimental effects of poverty on children
Turkish doctors have warned that the deepening economic crisis in the country has had detrimental effects on the physical development of children, the Birgün...
Turkey’s anti-terrorism legislation lacks quality of law, Italian NGO tells ECtHR: report
The Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU) said on October 14, in presenting an expert opinion in a case before the European Court of...
Turkish government puts up for sale properties of 9 TV, radio stations seized from...
The properties of the 9 of the media outlets which Turkish government has seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale...
Turkey’s top court says no gov’t decrees can be issued on property rights
A recent decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court said government decrees including those issued during a state of emergency that seize people’s assets are against...
Turkey’s top commanders led 2016 coup, then sided with Erdoğan, ex-general convicted of failed...
A former Turkish brigadier general convicted over the operation to detain President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 told...
2,694 people killed, 3,145 mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2021: report
An annual report on human rights violations in Turkey, drafted by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu, has revealed 2,694 deaths...
Sensing Erdoğan victory, Turkish youth ponder life abroad
Hasibe Kayaroğlu hoped Turkey’s presidential election would usher in changes. Instead, days before a runoff Sunday that increasingly looks like a coronation for conservative...
Stockholm Center for Freedom condemns heinous terror attack in Stockholm
Stockholm Center for Freedom is appalled by the terrible and deliberate attack that took place today in the heart of Stockholm. We join Swedish...
Erdoğan stepped in to prevent graft trial, former minister claims
Ertuğrul Günay, former culture and tourism minister for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, has alleged that then-Prime Minister and current President Recep...
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