Turkey sees surge in young victims and suspects as protection gaps widen, report finds
More minors are coming into contact with the justice system, either as victims or as suspects, while shortcomings in child protection mechanisms leave them...
Turkey detains four over ‘provocative’ social media posts about earthquake
Turkish police on Tuesday said they had detained four people over “provocative” social media posts following a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Turkey, Agence...
Erdoğan’s Islamist ally seeks to abolish mixed-gender education
Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu, chairman of the radical Islamist Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR), has urged the Turkish government to abolish mixed-sex education, the Birgün daily reported.
HÜDA-PAR is the...
Turkish court orders closure of LGBTQ+ group despite non-prosecution in obscenity probe
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the closure of an LGBTQ+ association in İzmir province over alleged obscenity in its social media posts, even...
17 press groups urge Turkey to drop provisions in bill criminalizing LGBTQ+ reporting
Seventeen international press organizations have called on Turkey to remove provisions from a new judicial reform bill that would criminalize reporting on LGBTQ+ issues,...
More than 201,000 Syrians left Turkey in 2022: IOM annual monitoring report
A total of 201,471 Syrians who were granted temporary protection status in Turkey left the country in 2022, according to an annual monitoring report...
Press freedom groups demand release of 3 journalists in Turkey
Ten press freedom organizations on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional release of three journalists arrested in Turkey earlier this month as part...
Lawyers search for justice in Turkey’s earthquake ruins: report
The Turkish lawyer adjusts his helmet and steps a little deeper into the rubble in search of proof that last month’s catastrophic earthquake did...
Turkey arrests Kurdish journalist for alleged links to terrorism
A court in southeastern Turkey has ruled to arrest Selahattin Kaygusuz, a Kurdish journalist who was detained last week for alleged membership in a...
Ultranationalists attack book fair stands selling jailed Kurdish leader’s books
Ultranationalists on Monday attacked stands at a book fair in northwestern Turkey selling books authored by Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the...
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