Journalist investigated for covering stone quarry project close to residential area
Prosecutors in Erzincan have launched an investigation into journalist Duygu Kıt over her report on a project to construct a stone quarry in proximity...
1,601 arrested in 2025 over alleged Gülen links, interior minister says
Turkish authorities arrested 1,601 people in 2025 as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on...
Watchdog investigation contradicts defense of prison administration accused of mistreatment
An investigation conducted by the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (TIHEK) in an Ankara prison has found factual inaccuracies in the prison...
Turkey sentences founding member of Kurdish women’s association to more than 7 years in...
A Diyarbakır court has sentenced Narin Gezgör, a founding member of the Rosa Women’s Association, a Kurdish women’s rights group, to seven years, six...
Families in Turkey struggle with poverty, poor housing: report
Families across Turkey have been grappling with deepening poverty and deteriorating living conditions, the Evrensel daily reported.
According to Evrensel, the Turkish Statistical Institute’s (TurkStat) 2025 report...
Turkey moves to detain 22, including active-duty and former military officers, over alleged Gulen...
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 22 individuals including active and former military officers, as part of ongoing investigations...
Turkish journalists receive suspended sentences over 2019 protest coverage
Three Turkish journalists were handed down suspended five-month sentences on Wednesday for covering a 2019 demonstration in İstanbul in protest of the government’s removal...
Dutch court releases jailed Kurdish journalist facing extradition to Germany
A Kurdish journalist who has been under arrest in the Netherlands since May 23 and faces the risk of extradition to Germany has been...
Child abuse cases increased by 33 percent in 2022 in Turkey
Turkey’s Ministry of Justice has announced that criminal cases launched over the sexual abuse of children increased by 33 percent in 2022 compared to...
Thousands of children lost parents in Turkey’s earthquake disaster
A total of 3,500 children lost either one or both parents in earthquakes that devastated several southeastern Turkish provinces in early February, the Hürriyet...
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