Turkish prisons at 16 percent overcapacity: report
Turkish prisons are holding 49,518 more prisoners than their overall capacity, Bold Medya reported, citing the latest data from the Directorate General of Prisons...
Company takeovers turn TMSF into one of Turkey’s largest conglomerates
The Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), the state body that oversees confiscated assets, has emerged as one of Turkey’s largest conglomerates following the government’s...
Prison sentence, political ban for İstanbul mayor sparks int’l condemnation
A prison sentence and a political ban imposed on İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in a politically charged trial has sparked international condemnation, Turkish Minute...
Kurdish activist sentenced to death in Iran faces deportation from Turkey
A Kurdish human rights activist sentenced to death in Iran has been detained in Turkey and now faces deportation, the Mezopotamya News Agency (MA)...
Turkish prosecutor restricts access to judicial file of arrested documentary filmmaker
Access to the judicial file of documentary filmmaker and journalist Sibel Tekin, who was arrested on December 18 in Ankara on charges of terrorism,...
Öcalan urges Turkey to implement ‘right to hope,’ calling it vital for thousands of...
Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called on the Turkish government to adopt the “right to hope,” a...
At least 1,843 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in 2022: İSİG report
A yearly report by the Health and Safety Labour Watch/Turkey (İSİG) reveals that at least 1,843 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in...
Turkey investigates journalists, blocks access to reports on suspicious death of female student
Turkish authorities have opened investigations into journalists reporting on the suspicious death in 2024 of university student Rojin Kabaiş and have blocked access to...
Turkish judge at ECtHR defends government’s false arguments during proceedings: report
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) convened on Wednesday to hear the case of Turkish teacher Yüksel Yalçınkaya, who...
Erdoğan accuses digital platforms of promoting ‘deviant trends’ threatening family values
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused global digital platforms of encouraging what he described as “deviant trends,” claiming that Turkey’s traditional family structure is...
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