Turkey blocks dozens of women’s, LGBTI+ rights’ accounts on X ahead of İstanbul Pride...
Turkey has blocked access to 57 X accounts belonging to women’s and LGBTI+ rights organizations and activists, citing national security and public order concerns,...
Man stabs imam after shouting anti-Israel slogan at İstanbul mosque
A man attacked the imam and a member of the congregation with a knife at the Fatih Mosque in İstanbul on Monday, seriously injuring...
Turkey accused of using NATO summit to silence media, civil society
Rights groups and European politicians have accused Turkey of using next month’s NATO summit in Ankara as a pretext to silence independent media and...
Court rules to keep Kurdish journalist facing terrorism charges in jail
A court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır has decided to keep a Kurdish journalist who was arrested in May on terrorism-related charges...
Turkey’s prisons hit 140 percent capacity as inmate population surpasses 427,000
Turkey's prison population has climbed above 427,000, exceeding official capacity by more than 122,000 people and pushing occupancy to roughly 140 percent, according to...
Turkey has no choice but to abide by ECtHR’s Yalçınkaya judgment: Turkish Bar Association
The Turkish Bar Association (TBB) has released a report on a landmark European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment delivered last year, stating that...
Riot police enter CHP İstanbul headquarters amid court-backed leadership takeover
Riot police entered the İstanbul provincial headquarters of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday night, Turkish Minute reported.
Police assistance was sought...
Turkey detains 2 journalists in morning raids
Turkish police detained journalists Kibriye Evren and Selamet Turan during Friday morning raids on their houses, Turkish media reported.
Evren was detained at her İstanbul...
Turkey moves to block jailed Istanbul mayor’s YouTube channel and campaign account
Turkish authorities have ordered the official YouTube channel of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and an X account operated by his presidential campaign office...
University students in Tunceli province struggling with housing crisis
University students in eastern Turkey’s Tunceli province are facing a serious housing crisis, with many students having to live in makeshift dorm rooms, the...
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