Police prevent HDP deputy, others from examining destroyed Armenian cemetery in Ankara

Turkish police have prevented opposition lawmaker Garo Paylan along with representatives from the Ankara branch of the Turkish Chamber of Architects from examining the...

Turkey jails journalist over minister resignation post, blocks his X account

A Turkish court jailed journalist Ali Tarakcı pending trial Saturday over an X post predicting a cabinet minister’s resignation. Police had detained him earlier...

Activists call for release of ailing 76-year-old inmate

Social media users on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to release Ahmet Öztürk, an ailing prisoner who is suffering from deteriorating health. https://twitter.com/odakdunyam/status/1796244690423136726 A retired banker,...

Turkey’s top court annuls state of emergency decree that closed down media outlets

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has canceled an article of a government decree issued in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016 that led...

Turkey orders at least 88 X accounts blocked, including freedom of expression group

Turkish authorities ordered access blocked to at least 88 X accounts in the early morning hours of October 5, including the official X account...

Opposition MP raises alarm over alleged mistreatment of women detainees

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a parliamentary member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) and a human rights advocate, has raised concerns...

630 days into his disappearance Yusuf Bilge Tunç’s father says no one hears their...

The father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing 630 days ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence, said he...

Turkey to deport 2 Kurdish journalists back to Iran, putting their lives at risk

Two Kurdish journalists from Iranian Kurdistan are facing imminent deportation from Turkey to Iran, where they fear for their lives, Turkish Minute reported on...

29,444 military members dismissed as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge

A total of 29,444 military members have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), gendarmerie and the coast guard in a post-coup purge...

Opposition MP warns of rising tensions similar to 1955 pogrom in Turkey

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a leading human rights advocate and deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), expressed alarm at rising...

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