Kurdish journalists jailed for over a year apply to ECtHR demanding fair trial
Sixteen Kurdish journalists who have been in pre-trial detention since June 2022 on terrorism-related charges have filed an application with the European Court of...
Purged Turkish officer found dead in Switzerland, suicide suspected
Yaşar Akkoyun, a former special forces officer who was expelled from the Turkish military by an emergency decree, was found dead in a lake...
32 femicide cases recorded in Turkey in May
A total of 32 women fell victim to femicide in Turkey in May, the Bianet news website reported.
The number of femicide victims has increased...
Turkey’s RTÜK fines TV channel for insulting pro-gov’t foundation
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV on the grounds that it...
Turkish gov’t seeks to collect debt from 6 opposition-run municipalities through sanctions: reports
The Turkish Labor Ministry has imposed financial sanctions on six municipalities run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) aimed at collecting debt...
YouTube removes Erdoğan aide’s video for violating ‘hate speech’ rules
YouTube, one of the most visited websites in Turkey, has removed a video of a speech by Turkish Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun during...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court faults Gülen-linked conviction based mainly on ByLock app use
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former teacher’s terrorism conviction violated his right to a fair trial because lower courts relied mainly on...
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...
Uyghur design director working in Turkey arrested in China during family visit
A Uyghur design director working for a Chinese locomotive company in Turkey was arrested by Chinese authorities during a family visit to Xinjiang, Turkish...
World Psychiatric Association calls for immediate release of top doctor and human rights activist...
The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has called on the Turkish government to ensure the immediate release of the head of a leading doctors’ union...
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