Turkish university launches investigation into professor over use of Kurdish poetry books in classes

A professor in the Kurdish language and literature department at Muş Alparslan University in southeastern Turkey is the subject of an investigation for using...

Erdoğan hails ‘progress’ in bid to resume Kurdish talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said “significant progress” had been made in efforts to revive dialogue between Ankara and the outlawed Kurdistan...

ECtHR faults Turkey over lengthy pretrial detention of former police chiefs

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the lengthy pretrial detention experienced by four police chiefs who were detained in...

Torture and intimidation in a Turkish detention center: Former detainee shares details of harrowing...

Hayati Uysal, a 29-year-old Turkish man who was imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement, has shared his harrowing account of torture in detention that...

Some 8 million women in Turkey downloaded domestic violence app since 2018

Widespread fears of domestic violence have driven 7,830,000 women in Turkey to download the Women’s Emergency Support Application (KADES) since its launch in 2018,...

Prosecutors seek to replace İstanbul bar chairman, executives on terror propaganda charges

Turkish prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the İstanbul Bar Association for “disseminating terrorist propaganda” over its calls for a probe into journalist deaths...

Judge accused of corruption to oversee training of Turkey’s future jurists

A judge who was accused of bribery and misconduct in 2023 has been appointed to lead Turkey’s Justice Academy, a body tasked with training...

Erdoğan’s party reintroduces controversial proposal allowing government to appoint trustees to companies under investigation

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has reintroduced a contentious proposal allowing the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) to be appointed as trustees...

Turkish lawyer claims police classified daily routines as crimes in Gülen movement investigation

A lawyer has claimed that the Turkish police documented routine daily activities as criminal acts in an investigation targeting two individuals allegedly linked to...

Turkey detains 110 in operations targeting alleged Gülen followers

A total of 110 people have been detained over the past week in police operations that targeted alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement,...

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