German comedian threatens Merkel with court action over Erdoğan poem

German comedian Jan Böhmermann has threatened German Chancellor Angela Merkel with court action unless she takes back a statement concerning a poem by Böhmermann...

Elderly woman jailed by Turkish gov’t sends letter to imprisoned Kurdish politician Demirtaş

Sisê Bingöl, an elderly and ailing woman who is in prison on terrorism charges, has sent a letter to Selahattin Demirtaş, a Kurdish politician...

Turkish President Erdoğan takes aim at media, claims ‘Democracy not possible with it’

Democracy is not possible with the media, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stressed, arguing that even the most powerful countries in today’s world...

Detained woman, newborn baby transferred to police station 240 km away from home in...

Detained hours after giving birth at a private hospital in İstanbul early on Tuesday, a woman named Ayşe Kaya has been transferred to a...

Imprisoned journalist Ener’s book on human rights violations prohibited in Turkish prisons

After the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) jailed co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş's recently published book "Seher -- Dawn", Yeni Asya daily's jailed editor Naciye Nur...

Turkish gov’t facilitates organized crime, fights political opponents: report

The Turkish government’s role in the country’s escalating organized crime activities is scrutinized in the recently published Global Organized Crime Index 2023 released by...
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56 people detained in operations against HDP

Turkish police detained 56 people on terrorism-related charges in the southeastern cities of Gaziantep and Diyarbakır, including politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Turkish parliament expels opposition lawmaker known for human rights activism

Turkey's parliament on Wednesday expelled opposition MP and prominent human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu after a controversial conviction over a social media post,...

Sweden deeply concerned about rights violations in Turkey

Swedish government on Wednesday expressed its deep concerns on backslide of human rights, rule of law and crackdown on the opposition and media in...

Washington Post: Erdoğan is transforming Turkey into a totalitarian prison

The tweet has been turned into a crime, and a troubled democracy is being turned into a dictatorship in Turkey under autocratic President Recep...
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