Iranian asylum seeker in Turkey faces deportation for taking part in Women’s Day March
An Iranian asylum seeker in Turkey has revealed she was detained during a Women's Day March and is at risk of being deported back...
UN cites conviction of Kosovar officials in Turkish intelligence case as progress in the...
The United Nations hailed the court proceedings against Kosovar officials who were involved in the abduction of critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Opposition leaders accuse Erdoğan of selling national sovereignty by transferring Khashoggi murder trial to...
Turkey’s opposition party leaders have criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the transfer to Saudi Arabia of the trial in absentia of suspects involved...
Migration experts accuse government of using migrants for political ambitions and failing to develop...
Migration experts in an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service accused the Turkish government of using migrants for their political ambitions and failing...
University student arrested for links to Gülen movement says he was robbed of his...
A university student who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement in a letter from prison said he had been robbed of...
DEVA Party MP calls on authorities to immediately investigate claims of mistreatment in Silivri...
Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) deputy Mustafa Yeneroğlu has called on authorities to immediately investigate allegations of mistreatment in Istanbul's Silivri Prison.
At a press...
HDP submits its written defense to top court in closure case
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which faces a closure case, has submitted its written defense to the Constitutional Court, which the party said...
Villagers in southeastern Turkey’s Batman province claim mistreatment by gendarmerie
Reports of gendarmes’ mistreatment of villagers in southeastern Turkey's Batman province during raids on their homes for allegedly "aiding terrorist organizations" have recently become...
Migration experts say anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey has reached a tipping point
Migration experts have said anti-migrant sentiment among the Turkish public has reached a tipping point and could result in a pogrom.
Lawyer Ayşegül Karpuz and...
Police detain journalist who revealed hack of Turkey’s e-government website
Journalist İbrahim Haskoloğlu, who claimed that a group had hacked Turkey’s e-government website and other government-related sites, has been detained, according to Turkish media...
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