Journalist Can Ataklı to stand trial over negative comments on TV
Turkish journalist Can Ataklı has been indicted for comments critical of a dress code that allowed a public school teacher appear wearing a headscarf...
Turkey’s top court finds no rights violation in cases of 2 dismissed mayors
The Turkish Constitutional Court has found no violation of rights in the cases of two former mayors from pro-Kurdish parties in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır...
Turkish gov’t detains over 100 Kurdish activists ahead of Nevroz festival
Turkish authorities detained more than 100 suspected Kurdish activists on Tuesday on suspicion of planning illegal demonstrations or plotting attacks for the Nevroz festival,...
Drawing critical of Erdoğan censored in Germany upon request from Turkish consul
A drawing by Kurdish artist Ali Zülfikar critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been censored at an exhibition in the German city...
Judge denies motion to dismiss, says Atilla case will proceed to sentencing
The federal judge presiding over an Iran sanctions trial has denied a motion by Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla to dismiss an indictment against...
CHP: Turkish prisons turn into death chambers with 215 deaths per year
Three thousand 432 prisoners have lost their lives in Turkish prisons in last 16 years and 215 prisoners lose their lives per year according to Turkey's...
Turkey’s main opposition leader calls on gov’t to investigate drone killings
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Sunday called on the government to clarify claims that civilians were being killed...
CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu calls on OSCE to examine heavy government pressure on Turkish media
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has urged the Assembly of Parliamentarians of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in...
Germany to withdraw troops from Turkey’s İncirlik Airbase as diplomatic row escalates
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has announced that his country is going to withdraw troops and aircraft taking part in missions against the Islamic...
European rights court says Turkey failed to comply with its Kavala judgement
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) said Turkey failed to comply with a binding judgment of the court in December 2019 which found...
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