Rights groups urge EU commission to oppose Turkey’s proposed ‘agent of influence’ bill
More than 50 international rights organizations have called on the European Commission to oppose Turkey’s proposed “agent of influence” bill, warning it was a...
Mayor detained in western Turkey as crackdown on main opposition deepens
Turkish authorities have detained an opposition mayor in western Turkey as part of a bribery and misconduct investigation, the latest move in an expanding...
Former court clerk who perished while fleeing Turkey’s crackdown laid to rest on Greek...
Nurdan Şenocak Gündüz, 34, a former court clerk who died with her husband while trying to flee to Greece, was laid to rest on...
Turkish gov’t detains 34 police officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained 34 police officers in seven provinces across Turkey in an Ordu-based probe targeting alleged members of the Gülen...
Syrian teenager stabbed to death in alleged hate crime
Sixteen-year-old Syrian Eymen Hammami was stabbed to death in an alleged hate crime in the northern city of Samsun on Sunday, the Evrensel daily...
EU rapporteur questions ‘strange delay’ in ECtHR case of businessman jailed over Gülen links
European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor has expressed concern over the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) delay in ruling on the case...
Evrensel’s Karataş, Sözcü’s Olgun released from jail by Turkish courts
Yusuf Karataş, a columnist of Evrensel daily newspaper, has been released from the jail by Diyarbakır 9th High Criminal Court on Friday.
Columnist Yusuf Karataş had...
Turkish gov’t to liquidate 6 companies seized from businessman over Gülen links
Six subsidiaries of Dumankaya Holding, which was seized by the Turkish government under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial...
Turkey proposes mandatory identity checks for social media, raising press freedom concerns
Turkey’s Ministry of Justice is drafting a bill requiring social media users to verify their identity through a government system, expanding state oversight of...
Governor’s office requests statement from anti-refugee mayor over alleged discrimination
The governor’s office of the western Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar has requested a written statement from the Afyonkarahisar mayor, known for her anti-refugee views, over...
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