US announces $85 million aid, sanctions relief for quake-hit Turkey and Syria
The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85 million aid package to help Turkey and Syria recover from the devastating earthquake, while also...
EU chiefs express deep concerns on rights in Turkey to Erdoğan
The European Union’s top two officials said Tuesday they expressed deep concerns about human rights in Turkey in their first meeting in a year...
New bill replacing state of emergency security measures introduced
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduced a new "anti-terror" bill in Parliament on Monday that replaced...
ECtHR faults Greece over 2019 pushback of Turkish national who fled Erdoğan’s crackdown
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously found Greece in violation of multiple articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, citing...
Quake fallout inflames refugee tensions in Turkey disaster zone
A Turkish volunteer runs down a pile of rubble, dragging a Syrian man with a bloodied face as last week’s catastrophic earthquake escalates migrant...
Pinterest jumps on bandwagon to appoint local representative to Turkey
The popular image-sharing platform Pinterest has announced that it will appoint a local representative to Turkey in line with a controversial social media law...
34 MEPs ask Erdoğan to protect rights, freedoms after end of state of emergency...
Marietje Schaake, a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands and part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE),...
Turkey’s unrelenting rights violations against Gülen movement continue: HRW
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) World Report 2025 has documented extensive human rights abuses in Turkey, including continued crackdowns on alleged members of the...
Geologists warn against immediate construction in earthquake zone as Turkish authorities open tenders for...
Despite warnings from geologists, Turkish authorities will start holding tenders on Wednesday for the construction of new housing in southern Turkey after massive earthquakes...
Jailed media executive faces 2,500 years in match-fixing ‘conspiracy’ trial
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 2,445 years for Hidayet Karaca, former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group, on...
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