Turkey’s top business association executive faces investigation after rare gov’t rebuke
An investigation has been launched into the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association’s (TÜSİAD) High Advisory Council President Ömer Aras after he delivered a rare...
Parents of police brutality victim appear in court for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan
The parents of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was struck in the head with a gas canister fired by a police officer during the...
Turkish Jewish business leader faces assassination threats decades after father’s murder
Turkish Jewish business leader İzzet Garih has filed a criminal complaint after receiving death threats and facing an attempted break-in at his company’s headquarters,...
Turkey ranked third in press freedom violations among EU candidates as crackdown on press...
Turkey recorded the third-highest number of press freedom violations among European Union candidate countries in 2024, with journalists facing mass arrests, censorship and intimidation,...
Human rights advocates worry Turkey may return Iranian refugees to Iran
Iranian human rights advocates have expressed concern that Iranian refugees in Turkey are at risk of being returned to Iran following a shift in...
Turkey seeks legislation to prevent exiled dissidents from claiming damages in its courts
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking to amend a law that allows anyone with legal capacity to file a lawsuit in the country, either personally...
Turkish prosecutors seek arrest of 10 opposition municipal officials on terrorism charges
Prosecutors in İstanbul referred 10 senior municipal officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to court for arrest on Thursday following their detention on...
Turkish court hands down reduced sentence to femicide perpetrator
A man who fatally shot his daughter-in-law received a reduced prison sentence on the grounds that he had been “provoked,” once again drawing criticism...
UN panel calls for immediate release of former general, serving life sentence over alleged...
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has determined that the imprisonment of Akın Öztürk, the former commander of the Turkish Air Force...
X blocked access to 126 accounts in Turkey: rights watchdog
Social media platform X blocked access to 126 accounts following the February 5 ruling of an Ankara judge that cited the need for “protection...
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