Turkey launches internet crackdown ahead of funerals for shooting victims
Turkey on Thursday cracked down on social media posts praising two school shootings in as many days that have left the country reeling, ordering...
Journalist indicted on charges of insulting Erdoğan due to criticism on TV
Turkish prosecutors have indicted a journalist on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan due to his criticism of the president on TV, Turkish...
Turkey to dramatically expand biometric, GPS tracking in judicial monitoring
The Turkish Justice Ministry is preparing to replace police station sign-ins for many people under judicial supervision with a phone-based biometric and GPS tracking...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposes program ban, fine on pro-opposition Halk TV
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s government regulator for broadcasting, has imposed a five-time program ban as well as an upper limit...
Young lawyer shot dead in Bursa, prompting warnings over safety of lawyers
A 26-year-old lawyer was shot dead in Bursa on Tuesday by a man reportedly subject to enforcement proceedings she had initiated on behalf of...
Turkey arrests 2 teenagers for denigrating religious values, sentences one for insulting Atatürk
A Turkish court in Aydın has ruled to arrest two teenagers out of three who were detained on allegations of denigrating the public’s religious...
Ballistics reports kept from courts show soldiers accused in Turkey coup trial did not...
Ballistics reports that were long absent from one of Turkey’s main trials over a failed 2016 coup have surfaced nearly 10 years later, with...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate bureaucrats collecting multiple salaries
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday rejected a parliamentary motion filed by the...
Advocates for disabled people warn economic crisis and policy changes in Turkey are deepening...
Millions of disabled people in Turkey are struggling with poverty, unemployment, limited accessibility to public transportation and urban infrastructure and weakening social protections amid...
Rights groups demand release of jailed Kurdish leaders on 7th anniversary of their arrest
In a joint statement released Friday, four prominent human rights organizations have called for the immediate release of Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, the former co-chairs...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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