‘Complete stop’: New Turkish wall confronts fleeing Afghans
Underwear, an empty bottle and fresh footprints betray signs of migrants sneaking around a new wall along the Turkey-Iran border and stirring worries in...
Turkish authorities detain 247 people in mass crackdown on Gülen movement
Turkish authorities detained 247 individuals Tuesday morning over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in police operations across multiple provinces, the TR724 news...
Jailed Turkish philanthropist Kavala to receive Gilel Storch Prize
Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, who has been jailed since 2017, will receive the 2026 Gilel Storch Prize from the Stockholm-based Judisk Kultur...
Constitutional Court became ‘entirely ineffective’ as domestic remedy in 2022: censorship report
The Freedom of Expression Association’s (İFÖD) EngelliWeb initiative has said in its 2022 annual report on internet censorship in Turkey that the Constitutional Court became an...
Suicide rates in Turkey surge: official statistics
Data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) show that the number of deaths by suicide in Turkey has surged, rising from 2,584 in...
Watchdog investigation contradicts defense of prison administration accused of mistreatment
An investigation conducted by the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (TIHEK) in an Ankara prison has found factual inaccuracies in the prison...
14 detained in İstanbul-based operation over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained 14 people including former military and police officers as part of an operation based in İstanbul targeting alleged members of...
France condemns life sentence for Turkey’s Kavala
France on Tuesday condemned the life sentence handed by a Turkish court to prominent rights advocate and businessman Osman Kavala, saying his detention violated...
CHP mayoral candidate draws ire with discriminatory remarks toward refugee children
A candidate for mayor of a district in Ankara from the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) has attracted criticism for discriminatory remarks he...
Autopsy confirms violent head trauma in death of Turkish environmental journalist
An autopsy has found that Turkish journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun died from severe head trauma caused by violence, sustaining multiple fractures and...
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