Turkey to announce new voting rights for minority religious foundations: report
A Turkish diplomat has said that a new regulation allowing religious community foundations in Turkey to elect their own boards of directors will come...
300 purge victim judges, prosecutors barred from obtaining law licenses: report
Three hundred judges and prosecutors who were dismissed by the Turkish government but also acquitted or cleared of charges of membership in terrorist organizations...
Turkish opposition figures allege censorship on X, citing sudden drops in followers and reach
Prominent opposition politicians and journalists in Turkey have accused social media platform X of suppressing dissenting voices through unexplained declines in follower counts and...
X again restricts access to accounts criticizing Erdoğan as Turkey’s local elections approach
The X social media platform announced on Wednesday that it has taken action against 12 accounts in Turkey “to prevent the X service being...
Leader of right-wing party faces complaint over visit to Syrian-owned shop
The İzmir Police Department has filed a criminal complaint against the leader of a right-wing political party whose remarks about Syrian refugees in the...
Family members of purge victim who died of cancer detained
Turkish police on Tuesday detained the wife and daughter of Associate Professor Ahmet Turan Özcerit, who was removed from his job, jailed and died...
Lawyers raise alarm over conditions for women in Turkish prisons
The İstanbul Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Assembly and Women’s Rights Center have expressed concern over conditions for women in Turkish prisons, citing overcrowding, poor...
Education ministry sacks teacher over criticism of Erdoğan’s ‘Turkey’s Century’
A teacher who allegedly targeted “Turkey’s Century,” a campaign promise made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to elevate Turkey to global prominence, was fired...
Court rules to release 2 student protestors from pretrial detention
A court on Friday ruled to release two university students who have been in pretrial detention for more than three months for participating in...
Kurdish politicians beaten by police in Turkey’s east
Two Kurdish co-mayors of Ağrı in eastern Turkey were subjected to excessive police force, Turkish media reported on Wednesday.
Betül Yaşar, who was elected mayor...
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