Google, YouTube accused of censoring Erdogan critics: report
Media outlets and journalists who express criticism of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are facing a noticeable decrease in their visibility on YouTube and...
Teenager arrested for spray-painting Atatürk monument in Turkey
A Turkish court arrested a 16-year-old who spray-painted a monument of Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in the western city of İzmir on the...
CHP’s İmamoğlu acquitted of charges of insulting AKP district mayor
İstanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has been acquitted of charges of insulting a district mayor in the city from the ruling Justice and Development Party...
INTERPOL denied Turkey’s 2014 Red Notice request for Gülen: former official
A former police chief who served for six years as head of the Turkish Police Department’s INTERPOL branch said in an interview with the...
Main opposition MP under investigation over criticism of Turkish military
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a Kurdish lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), due to comments critical...
Turkey sentences founding member of Kurdish women’s association to more than 7 years in...
A Diyarbakır court has sentenced Narin Gezgör, a founding member of the Rosa Women’s Association, a Kurdish women’s rights group, to seven years, six...
Turkish prison launches disciplinary investigation into inmates for refusing to eat
A prison administration in Ankara province has launched a disciplinary investigation into 39 female inmates for refusing to eat meals for three days to...
ECtHR soon to announce decision on Turkish teacher convicted of Gülen links
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will on Sept. 26 announce its ruling on Yüksel Yalçınkaya, a Turkish teacher...
Turkish authorities detain 41 asylum seekers on their way to Greece
Turkish authorities on Saturday detained 41 asylum seekers who were on their way to Greece from southern Turkey’s Muğla province, the Kronos news website reported.
The...
Earthquake victims in southeastern Turkey living in despair and hopelessness
Seven months after two devastating earthquakes destroyed thousands of homes in southeastern Hatay province, victims say they are living in despair and hopelessness, the...
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