Turkey imposes $140,000 fines on WhatsApp, Meta for failing to appoint local contact person
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) has imposed a fine of TL 2,650,000 (approximately $140,000) each on WhatsApp and Meta for failing to register...
ILO to provide $3.6 million for workers in Turkey, Syria affected by quakes
The International Labour Organization (ILO) will provide $3.6 million in direct support to workers and their families affected by devastating earthquakes that struck southern...
Union calls for reinforcing hospitals in İstanbul against potential quake
The Health and Social Service Employees Union (SES) has called on Turkish authorities to reinforce hospital buildings in İstanbul against a potential earthquake, the...
US State Department starts reporting on Turkey’s transnational repression tactics
In its annual human rights report on Turkey, the US State Department has included the Turkish government’s transnational repression tactics to suppress its critics...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog fines 3 more stations for airing content critical of gov’t
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has imposed fines on three television stations for broadcasting content critical of the Turkish government, the T24 news website reported.
Radio and...
21 face detention in southern Turkey for financially helping inmates from leftist terror groups
A prosecutor’s office in southern Turkey has issued detention warrants for 21 people on grounds that they provided financial support to people who are...
US State Department annual report details Turkey’s human rights abuses
The US State Department on March 20 issued its 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices with a subsection on Turkey in which it...
ECtHR faults Turkey for canceling 3 academics’ passports after 2016 coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as well as...
7 billion euro pledge sends message that quake survivors in Turkey, Syria not alone:...
A pledge of 7 billion euros in assistance sends the message to people affected by devastating earthquakes in Turkey in early February that they...
Threats against women’s rights no longer a discussion for the AKP, says MP Özlem...
Özlem Zengin, a deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and notorious for discriminatory remarks against women critical of the Turkish government,...
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