Turkish actor among 21 indicted over boycott calls following arrest of İstanbul mayor, others
Turkish prosecutors have indicted 21 people including a famous actor for joining a boycott call made by the country’s main opposition leader in the...
31 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in August
Thirty-one women were murdered by men in Turkey in August, while 20 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the Bianet news website.
Among the...
143 people face detention over alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 143 people including former public officials due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by...
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls opposition leader ‘coward,’ promises to cut off traitors’ heads
Enraged at the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu calling the July 15, 2016 coup attempt a “controlled coup” Turkey's autocratic...
Turkish authorities detain Workers’ Party members over slogans at CHP rally in Istanbul
Turkish authorities detained several members and executives of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) early Friday morning, including party council member Arzum Yalçın, over...
Court halts trial of MP in MİT trucks case due to parliamentary immunity
A high criminal court in İstanbul has decided to halt the trial of an opposition lawmaker due to his acquisition of parliamentary immunity in...
Detention warrants issued for 300 teachers in a month in Turkey’s capital of Ankara
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants in the past month for 300 teachers who worked in schools owned by people...
COMMENTARY — Why Erdoğan and partners are targeting İncirlik Airbase in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Through the mobilization of their proxies in jihadist and ultranationalist groups, Turkey’s Islamist rulers and their neo-nationalist allies in the judicial, security...
Journalist Erdal Şen and his wife behind bars due to Turkey’s collective punishment
In an example of guilt by association and blood, a veteran Turkish journalist and his wife have been languishing behind bars for 440 days...
More than 30,000 children sexually abused in Turkey in 2022
Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) data have revealed that a total of 31,890 children were victims of sexual offenses in the country last year, the...
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