2 high school students briefly detained for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan
Two high school students were detained in Istanbul on Tuesday morning for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish media reported.
Speaking to Halk...
Erdoğan seeks extradition of Turkish political dissidents in Sweden in exchange for its NATO...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has presented a list of 21 people who fled Turkey for political reasons and are currently living in exile...
Turkish expatriate in Germany attacked over Gülen links in apparent hate crime
A Turkish man who has been residing in Germany for 41 years was attacked in an apparent hate crime by the Turkish owner of...
Turkish women’s organizations say authorities turn blind eye to sexual harassment from local men...
Following accusations that migrant men are sexually harassing Turkish women, women's organizations said authorities were quick to blame migrants but turned a blind eye...
Opposition party politician re-arrested hours after release
After a Turkish court on Thursday ordered the release pending trial of Metin Gürcan, a prominent defense analyst and opposition party co-founder, the politician...
Defense firm SADAT would be behind any breach of security in 2023 elections, CHP...
Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Friday that SADAT International Defense Consultancy, a company linked to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, would...
Justice remains elusive on 8th anniversary of Turkey’s worst mining disaster
Eight years have passed since Turkey’s worst mining disaster took the lives of hundreds, with people who lost relatives in the accident complaining about...
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds jail for opposition figure
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a prison sentence for the head of the İstanbul branch of the country’s main opposition party,...
Former military cadet arrested to serve sentence for links to Gülen movement
A former military cadet was arrested on Tuesday at the Izmir airport to serve a seven year, six month sentence for links to the...
HDP lawmakers submit parliamentary question about pregnant women in Turkish prisons
Lawmakers from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) submitted a parliamentary question addressing the justice minister concerning pregnant women in Turkish prisons, the Bold Medya...
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