Turkish authorities detain 49 members of HDP over three days
A total of 49 members of the Peoples' Democratic Party’s (HDP) youth organizations were detained in the last three days in raids that were...
Turkish university sparks outrage for quoting Hitler on official human rights website
The Manisa Celal Bayar University in western Turkey sparked outrage among human rights activists and social media users for quoting Adolf Hitler on its...
Turkish gov’t jails prominent social activist Osman Kavala after 2 weeks of detention
Osman Kavala, one of Turkey’s most prominent businessmen, social activist and the chairman of İstanbul-based Anadolu Kültür Association, was put in pretrial detention after spending two...
Turkey ranked 116th among 140 countries in global rule of law index
Turkey was ranked 116th among 140 countries in the rule of law index published by the World Justice Project (WJP) on Wednesday, Turkish Minute reported.
Turkey ranked...
Turkey plunges from 101st to 115th place in TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2023
Turkey has taken 14 steps back and was ranked 115th among 180 countries with a score of 34 out of 100, the lowest in...
Opposition politicians condemn detention of 37 for helping families of jailed Gülen followers
Two opposition politicians have condemned a recent Bartın-based operation conducted in four provinces in which 37 people were detained on terrorism charges of helping...
Man dies in custody after alleged police brutality
Serhat Kahyaoğlu, a man who on the night of Sunday’s local elections was detained in İstanbul for celebrating by firing a gun into the...
‘Saturday Mothers’ meet for the 685th week on eve of Mother’s Day
As they do every week, the Saturday Mothers, a group of women who lost their children during the fight between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'...
‘Gen. Akar said acted early, disgraced,’ says Turkish coup pilot
Former Col. Uğur Kapan, who flew Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli from Akıncı Air Base to Çankaya...
Turkish journalist faces investigation for covering environmental protest
The authorities have launched an investigation into Osman Çaklı, a reporter for the Gazete Duvar news website, over his coverage of an environmental protest...
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