İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu defiant after suspension from office and arrest
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu vowed to continue his political fight after being jailed in a corruption investigation and suspended from office Sunday, developments that...
President of Turkey’s top court says rights rulings must be enforced as complaints top...
The Turkish Constitutional Court has received more than 739,000 individual rights complaints since 2012, the court's president said Monday, warning that constitutional protections have...
Journalist gets suspended sentence for publishing expert report on murder of a Turkish far-right...
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down a suspended 10-month sentence to journalist Asuman Aranca for publishing details from an expert report on the...
17 mistreated, 4 journalists detained, 3 prisoners died in region hit by earthquakes: report
At least 17 people were mistreated by security officers in provinces of southern Turkey that were hit by devastating earthquakes in early February, and...
Up to 3,000 doctors preparing to leave Turkey by end of 2022, TTB estimates...
Estimates from the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) have shown that 2,500 to 3,000 physicians are preparing to leave Turkey by the end of the...
More than 100 people abducted thanks to ‘intelligence diplomacy’: Turkey’s vice president
Vice President Fuat Oktay said in a speech in parliament that more than 100 people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, have...
Turkish prosecutor seeks prison sentences for CHP officials over alleged election fraud
The İstanbul chief public prosecutor has issued an indictment seeking prison sentences for 10 officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) over...
Turkey opens inquiry after jailed İstanbul municipality executive alleges strip-search in police custody
Turkey’s interior ministry has opened an inquiry into allegations made by the jailed executive of an İstanbul municipality-owned company that she was subjected to...
US ‘deeply troubled’ by ‘unjust’ conviction of Turkish activist Kavala: State Department
The United States was “deeply troubled” by the conviction Monday of a leading Turkish activist, calling his life sentence on controversial charges of trying...
Erdoğan pardons 7 retired generals serving life sentences for role in 1997 coup
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used his presidential power to pardon seven retired generals due to their advanced age who were serving life...
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