Turkish journalist appears in court over report on minister’s private hotel project
A Turkish journalist is standing trial after reporting on a hotel project linked to the private company of Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri...
People still urgently need relief support in Turkey, Syria: MSF
Although the acute emergency phase is over, people in Turkey and Syria affected by devastating earthquakes in early February still urgently need relief support,...
Turkish forensic authority says jailed opposition mayor can remain in prison despite cancer risk
The Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) said Murat Çalık, the jailed opposition mayor of İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü district who faces a risk of lymphoma...
21 face detention in southern Turkey for financially helping inmates from leftist terror groups
A prosecutor’s office in southern Turkey has issued detention warrants for 21 people on grounds that they provided financial support to people who are...
Over 2,000 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in 2025: İSİG
Turkey recorded at least 2,105 deaths in work-related accidents in 2025, according to a recent report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG).
The figure marks...
Criticizing election board’s decision on Erdoğan’s candidacy prompts probes
Investigations have been launched into social media users who criticized Turkey’s election authority over its recent decision that there is no legal obstacle to...
70 pct of 4,800 minors jailed in Turkey have not yet been sentenced
Approximately 4,800 minors in Turkey aged 12 to 18 are being held in juvenile detention facilities, of which some 70 percent have not been...
Jailed Kurdish leader promises to work towards ending armed conflict with PKK
Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, a former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has promised to work towards ending the armed conflict...
Kurdish press worker detained in dawn raid in Diyarbakır
Turkish authorities on Monday detained Zilan Gül, a press worker for the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam daily, during a dawn raid on her home in...
Turkey has blocked 42 Kurdish agency new reports since 2017
Turkish courts have issued access bans on 42 news reports published by the Mezopotamya news agency (MA) since 2017, according to MA.
Turkish authorities have in...
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