Mersin mayor among 59 detained in corruption probes targeting 3 CHP-run municipalities
Mersin Mayor Vahap Seçer was among three mayors and 59 other people detained Thursday in corruption investigations involving public procurement at three municipalities in...
Family, lawyer urge release of Kurdish singer as health worsens
The family and lawyer of Kurdish singer Nûdem Durak, who has spent more than 11 years in prison under sentences totaling 19-and-a-half years, have...
At least 239 children died in preventable incidents in Turkey over the summer, rights...
At least 239 children died across Turkey during June, July and August in incidents that the FİSA Child Rights Center classified as preventable, with...
Turkey blocks EngelliWeb X account that documents internet censorship
Turkish authorities have ordered access blocked to the X account of EngelliWeb, a project that tracks and documents online censorship in Turkey, as restrictions...
Turkey seeks to prosecute pop star Mabel Matiz over same-sex dance scene
Turkish prosecutors have indicted Mabel Matiz, one of Turkey’s most prominent openly queer pop artists, on obscenity charges over a scene in one of...
Turkish academic who signed 2016 peace petition reinstated 9 years after emergency-decree dismissal
Turkish political scientist Elçin Aktoprak has been reinstated at Ankara University more than nine years after she was dismissed under a state-of-emergency decree, following...
Turkey detains Uyghur woman with valid residence permit, sparking fears of deportation to China
İstanbul police on Tuesday detained a Uyghur woman with a valid residence permit and transported her to a removal center, raising concerns that she...
Turkish court shuts down independent news site T24 over alleged ‘LGBT propaganda’
An İstanbul court has shut down independent news website T24 and its social media accounts over content prosecutors described as “LGBT propaganda,” marking a...
2 journalists jailed over footage shared with media in probe into 2009 death of...
Turkey has jailed two journalists pending trial in an investigation into the 2009 helicopter crash that killed nationalist politician Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, with an account...
Kurdish journalist indicted on terrorism propaganda charges over social media posts
Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to five years in prison for Öznur Değer, editor of the pro-Kurdish JINNEWS agency, over social media posts containing...
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