Turkey blocks İmamoğlu’s campaign account for fourth time
Turkey on Monday blocked the X campaign account of İstanbul mayor and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, following the...
Jailed Kurdish politician says she is kept in isolation
Hüda Kaya, a former member of the Turkish parliament who was imprisoned in November over 2014 protests in Kurdish provinces, has said she is...
Late-stage cancer patient arrested over Gülen links
Refik Yeşil, 68, a late stage cancer patient, was arrested on Monday on terrorism charges for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Turkish professor diagnosed with cancer denied passport although acquitted of all charges
Haluk Savaş, a Turkish professor of psychiatry who was expelled from his university by a government decree, has been denied a passport despite the...
Turkish police allegedly killed Syrian man in raid on wrong address in southern Turkey
A Syrian man identified as Anas Laila was allegedly shot and killed by Turkish police during a raid on the wrong address in the...
Turkish military carries out new airstrikes against militants in Iraq, Syria: report
Turkey said it had destroyed 23 targets in overnight airstrikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria, a further escalation of the conflict...
Family of ailing philanthropist calls on authorities to release the 82-year-old old man
The family of 82-year-old businessman and philanthropist Yusuf Bekmezci have called on authorities to release the ailing man, saying he is currently in intensive...
Deputy asks for parliamentary investigation into torture claims
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has submitted an inquiry to the Turkish Parliament on claims of torture in Ankara and...
Amnesty urges Turkey to stop abusing criminal justice system to silence dissent
Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to stop abusing the criminal justice system to silence dissent, following court rulings that acquitted 99 people...
ECtHR must understand that Turkey’s Gülen trials are vindictive, jurist says
Turkish human rights lawyer Lale Demirkaya has said in an interview that the trials of alleged Gülen movement members in Turkey are vindictive and...
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