Former police chief involved in Turkey’s 2013 corruption investigations arrested over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of a former İstanbul police chief who was part of the team that led corruption investigations in...
Wife of former officer claims she suffered miscarriage after police beating
Hacer Karaşal, the wife of former gendarmerie 1st Lt. Recep Karaşal, said in an interview that she suffered a miscarriage after being beaten by...
Top court finds rights violation in denying a prisoner permission to attend relative’s funeral
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that denying a prisoner permission to attend his mother's funeral violates “the right to respect for private and...
Rights groups say Kobani trial aimed at excluding Kurds from political life
Human Rights Watch and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project have accused Turkey of criminalizing free speech to ensure the arbitrary detention of...
People moving overseas from Turkey increased by 53 percent in 2023: TurkStat
More than 700,000 Turks and foreign nationals left Turkey last year, an increase of 53 percent compared to 2022, Turkish Minute reported on Friday,...
Turkish state broadcaster reporter faces backlash for social media post endorsing assassinating political opponents
A reporter for Turkey’s state broadcaster has been facing public backlash after he posted a comment on social media seemingly endorsing the government-led assassination...
Prominent Turkish human rights lawyer dies of cancer in exile
Ömer Turanlı, a 54-year-old human rights lawyer who fled persecution in Turkey and has been living in exile, died on Friday in a London...
High school students join Turkey’s protests as Erdoğan gov’t reshuffles teachers seen as critics
High school students in Turkey have joined growing protests against the government, walking out of classes and staging sit-ins over a nationwide teacher reassignment...
Veteran journalist briefly detained for comments on Ankara suicide bombing
Veteran Turkish journalist and Halk TV host Ayşenur Arslan was briefly detained after being targeted by Ebubekir Şahin, chairman of Turkey’s Radio and Television...
Turkish presidency refuses to renew press cards of 1,371 journalists
Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate, which has received 10,486 applications from journalists for the renewal of their press cards, refused to renew the press cards...
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