Anti-Sisi activist facing deportation from Turkey goes on hunger strike
An Egyptian activist who was recently detained in İstanbul and sent to a repatriation center in eastern Turkey has been on a hunger strike...
Turkey’s peace initiative with Kurdish militants has been ‘frozen,’ senior PKK figure says
Turkey’s new peace initiative with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has been “frozen,” a senior PKK figure said on Thursday, warning that the...
DW under investigation in Turkey due to ‘biased reporting’ on Israel-Hamas conflict
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has launched an investigation into the Turkish edition of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle due...
Turkey’s top commanders led 2016 coup, then sided with Erdoğan, ex-general convicted of failed...
A former Turkish brigadier general convicted over the operation to detain President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 told...
Access bans imposed on news reports mostly about Erdoğan, family in 2022: report
Turkish authorities banned access to more than 40,000 URLs in 2022, with news reports about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his family at the...
Turkish court orders rearrest of journalist a day after release
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the rearrest of local journalist Mehmet Yetim in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa a day after his release...
Man imprisoned on Gülen links to spend 10 more months behind bars for making...
İsmet Özçelik, incarcerated on conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was sentenced to 10 months extra imprisonment for making prayer beads out...
Families of Turkey’s post-coup purge victims call for justice a decade on
Relatives of people imprisoned or dismissed from public service after a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 have called on authorities to end what...
Minister warns of severe water crisis in Turkey by 2030
Turkish Agriculture Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said the nation is on the brink of a severe water crisis, with projections indicating that by 2030 Turkey’s...
Secret Turkish police document shows monitoring of Gülen-linked activities in the Netherlands: report
A confidential Turkish police document cited in a new legal report shows that Turkish authorities monitored activities linked to the faith-based Gülen movement in...
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