Turkish court decides to release 8 more May Day protestors, 33 remain jailed
The first hearing in the trial of 12 people, eight of whom were put in pretrial detention, for attempting to defy a government ban...
Turkish interior minister targets LGBT+ community in Victory Day speech
Turkey’s interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, in a speech on Tuesday targeted the LGBT+ community and insinuated that they were deviants, the Bold Medya news...
19 lawyers detained in dawn raids in SE Turkey, warrants outstanding for scores of...
Turkish police in the early hours of Friday detained 19 lawyers in southeastern Turkey as part of an investigation into the Democratic Society Congress...
Turkish courts arrest 5 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish courts have ordered the arrest of five people detained in two separate operations in Edirne province over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Turkish court sentences 64 academics, university staff to prison over Gülen links
A Turkish court has sentenced 64 academics and former staff members of the Denizli-based Pamukkale University to between 18 months and nine years in...
Family of 65-year-old ailing inmate urges release
The family of Mehmet Darga, a 65-year-old inmate suffering from diabetes and hypertension who has undergone two angioplasty procedures while in prison, is calling...
Turkey ranked 48th among 191 countries in UN Human Development Index
Turkey was ranked 48th in the 2021-2022 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday, Turkish Minute reported.
The latest...
Kurdish man feared abducted by Turkish intelligence turns up in detention after 45 days
Bahtiyar Fırat, a Kurdish man who had been missing since October 14, has re-emerged in detention at the organized crimes bureau of the İstanbul...
Turkish minister confirms visa broker complaints after censoring of report on ex-FM-linked VFS network
Turkey’s trade minister said authorities received 153 complaints about visa intermediaries and are reviewing seven companies accused of reselling Schengen visa appointments, days after...
Turkish opposition leader defies media embargo on her presidential campaign
Meral Akşener, the İYİ Party candidate for Turkey’s presidential election on June 24, challenged the lack of media coverage of her campaign, saying she...
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