Pro-Kurdish party delegation heads to Rojava as protests spread along Turkey-Syria border
A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has traveled to Iraq’s Kurdistan region en route to Rojava in northeastern...
Press freedom group urges Turkey to release Kurdish journalist arrested on terrorism charges
The International Press institute (IPI) on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to immediately release Kurdish journalist Nedim Oruç, warning that his arrest on terrorism-related...
Governor’s office in southeastern Turkey bans pro-Kurdish rally for Öcalan’s freedom
The governor’s office in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır has banned a planned rally calling for the release of imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
Turkey detains 6 journalists covering Syria border protest
Turkish authorities on Wednesday detained six journalists near the border in southeastern Turkey while they were covering a protest against the Syrian army’s offensive...
European rights court rules Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by restricting visits and phone calls
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey violated prisoners' right to respect for their private and family life by...
Turkish journalist gets suspended sentence over İmamoğlu-related reporting
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down a one-year suspended sentence to journalist Barış Terkoğlu over reports he published alleging that a chief public...
[UPDATE] French journalist detained in İstanbul during protests released
A French journalist detained for covering a pro-Kurdish protest in İstanbul who was facing possible deportation has been released, he told Agence France-Presse on Wednesday.
Raphael Boukandoura,...
Turkey expands corruption probe into opposition-run municipalities, detaining 11 in Istanbul
Turkish police on Wednesday detained 11 employees of Istanbul’s Bayrampaşa Municipality, in a growing corruption investigation that has already led to the arrest and...
Turkey marks anniversary of deadly hotel fire amid calls for justice
Families and residents gathered in freezing temperatures early Wednesday to commemorate the 78 people who died in a hotel fire in northwestern Turkey a...
Turkey arrested at least 29 journalists in 2025, media monitoring report says
Turkish authorities arrested at least 29 journalists in 2025, according to the BIA Media Monitoring Reports, a series tracking press freedom violations that found...
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