Turkish fathers recount children’s ordeal during post-coup crackdown
Former civil servants dismissed by emergency decrees following a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey have recounted how the government’s crackdown on the faith-based Gülen...
45 Turkish mayors jailed, removed or replaced since opposition’s local election gains in 2024
At least 45 elected mayors and co-mayors in 44 Turkish municipalities have been jailed, suspended from office or replaced by government-appointed trustees since the...
8 municipal officials detained over factory fire that killed 7 workers in northwestern Turkey
Eight municipal officials, including a deputy mayor, were detained on Thursday as part of an investigation into a factory fire that killed seven workers,...
Ankara faces public backlash over sweeping NATO summit restrictions
The Turkish government is facing criticism over measures imposed before a July NATO summit in Ankara, including a 13-day ban on public demonstrations, road...
Environmental volunteers detained before NATO summit questioned over alleged terrorist links
Forty-two volunteers from the TEMA Foundation, Turkey’s leading environmental group, were questioned over alleged links to a far-left organization after they were detained ahead...
Turkey detains 209 people ahead of NATO summit in sweeping operations
Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 209 people in early morning raids as part of a sweeping operation targeting 241 people ahead of a NATO...
Turkey detains 2 CHP mayors as defections to AKP deepen opposition turmoil
Turkish police on Thursday detained two district mayors from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the western province of İzmir as part...
Family says man killed in Ankara ISIL raid was unarmed, shot at close range
Turkish police shot and killed Muhammed Kavi during a raid targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) before a NATO summit...
UN rapporteurs raise concern over prosecution, legal pressure on female environmental defenders in Turkey
UN special rapporteurs have expressed concern that two female environmental defenders in Turkey have faced prosecution, arrest and other legal pressure for their peaceful...
Thousands in Strasbourg demand European action over Turkey’s refusal to implement ECtHR rulings
Thousands of Turkish expatriates, purge victims and human rights advocates rallied outside the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Wednesday, urging Europe’s main human...
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