Turkey leaves anti-corruption recommendations for top gov’t officials, police unimplemented: GRECO
Turkey has yet to implement 21 of 32 recommendations to prevent corruption among senior government officials and law enforcement personnel, the Council of Europe’s...
Turkish prison denies lawyer conditional release despite qualifying good conduct score
A Turkish prison board has denied a lawyer conditional release, saying he had not demonstrated good behavior, even though his good conduct assessment score...
Turkish journalist faces 5 years in prison over posts on deadly building collapse
Turkish prosecutors are seeking more than five years in prison for journalist Alican Uludağ over social media posts about a deadly building collapse that...
Turkey blocks at least 150 X accounts, including those of journalists
Turkish authorities ordered access blocked to at least 150 X accounts on Monday, including those of journalists and a news outlet, extending a series...
Turkish comedian to appear in court after nearly 3 months in pretrial detention over...
Turkish comedian Deniz Göktaş is set to appear in court Monday after spending nearly three months in pretrial detention over remarks in a stand-up...
Turkey jails journalist over minister resignation post, blocks his X account
A Turkish court jailed journalist Ali Tarakcı pending trial Saturday over an X post predicting a cabinet minister’s resignation. Police had detained him earlier...
Retired police officer shoots himself at pension protest in Ankara, dies in hospital
Retired police officer Ali Şekeroğlu shot himself Friday at a pension protest outside Turkey’s Constitutional Court in Ankara and died later in a hospital.
Şekeroğlu...
Amnesty urges Turkey to drop charges against 11 LGBTI+ rights defenders
Amnesty International Canada on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to drop charges against 11 members of an İzmir-based LGBTI+ rights organization who face up...
Turkey detains 6 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained six people in Ankara and Edirne over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, including four accused of attempting to...
Turkey imposes travel ban on Kurdish writer detained upon return from Switzerland
A Turkish court imposed an international travel ban on Kurdish writer Suzan Samancı, who was detained on Tuesday on terrorism-related accusations upon returning from...
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