Turkey detains four over ‘provocative’ social media posts about earthquake
Turkish police on Tuesday said they had detained four people over “provocative” social media posts following a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Turkey, Agence...
Swedish PM calls organizers of anti-Turkey events ‘useful idiots for foreign powers who want...
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a press conference on Tuesday that the people who organized a Quran burning and hanged an effigy...
Students allege police abuse after İstanbul protests over İmamoğlu’s arrest
Students detained after protests that erupted after the March arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu have accused the police of beatings, harassment and denial...
Rights abuses at women’s prison in Turkey amount to crimes against humanity, lawmaker says
A Turkish opposition lawmaker has alleged serious rights abuses at İzmir Şakran Women's Prison, including denial of medical care, strip-searches and arbitrary restrictions on...
Turkish authorities continue to defy top court ruling on Armenian church foundation’s property rights
Turkish authorities have continued to defy a Constitutional Court ruling that recognizes the Vakıflıköy Armenian Church Foundation’s property rights, refusing to return contested real...
HDP lawmaker asks parliament’s Human Rights Committee to investigate alleged rights violations in Turkish...
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş has requested that the Turkish Parliament's Human Rights Committee investigate alleged rights violations in four different...
Turkish judge on European rights court acts as Erdoğan’s Trojan horse
The judge representing Turkey on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dissents from majority opinions in cases whose applicants are political critics of Turkish President...
İstanbul’s healthcare director calls on residents to have at least 3 children
The provincial healthcare director of Turkey’s most populous city of İstanbul has called on the city’s residents to have at least three children, echoing...
Israel tells citizens to leave Turkey ‘as soon as possible’
Israel has told its citizens to leave Turkey immediately amid fears of reprisal after a deadly strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip,...
Women’s rights activist acquitted of charges of insulting former minister
A member of a women’s rights group who stood trial on charges of insulting a former interior minister has been acquitted, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
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