200 lawyers express support for Şenyaşar family demanding justice in political murder case
Two hundred lawyers have expressed support for Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have been protesting in front of the Şanlıurfa Courthouse...
We Will Stop Femicide Platform reveals staggering number of femicide cases over a year
At least 315 women were killed by men in Turkey in 2023, the Cumhuriyet daily reported, citing numbers from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform...
2 female fighters killed in Turkish drone strike: Syria Kurds
Two women fighters of a military council linked to the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were killed in a Turkish drone strike Friday, their...
FBI investigates transnational repression tactics of foreign governments in US
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency, indicates...
Inmate with epilepsy who has undergone 3 brain surgeries suffers severe seizure in prison
Former teacher Abdullah Aslan, whose repeated requests for release have been rejected, had a major epileptic seizure in a Turkish prison ward on Monday,...
EU rapporteur calls Turkey’s rule of law ‘a disaster’ in Ankara visit
Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey, said the rule of law in Turkey is “a complete disaster,” at a press conference...
Turkish court gives 10-year prison sentence for pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Irmak
A Turkish court has given 10-year prison sentence to pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) jailed Hakkari deputy Selma Irmak on Friday.
Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal...
Turkey’s Erdoğan meets with EU top officials, France’s Macron, Germany’s Merkel in Brussels
Following a months-long war of words between Ankara and Brussels, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday met with European Commission President Jean-Claude...
Turkish admiral summarily dismissed during NATO assignment tells NPR: Maybe I’m not as safe...
Rear Adm. Mustafa Uğurlu, Turkey’s flag officer at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) based in Norfolk, Virginia, who was summarily dismissed from the military...
Syria condemns presence of Turkish and US forces around Manbij
Syria said on Tuesday it rejected the presence of Turkish and US forces around the northern town of Manbij, a day after soldiers of...
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