6 Kurdish politicians arrested days after detention on allegations of terrorism
A Turkish court has arrested six politicians, former mayors and their deputies in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır who were detained on June 8 as...
PACE calls on Turkish authorities to put an end to laws and practices that...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today reiterated its call on Turkish authorities “to put an end to laws and practices...
İstanbul mayor accuses Erdoğan of trying to sideline him in politics after new indictment
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of attempting to sideline him in politics through judicial conspiracies and called on him...
Turkish court rejects appeal seeking Kavala’s release despite CoE warning
An İstanbul court has rejected an appeal against the imprisonment of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars on a...
Turkey’s top court annuls ban on damages for civil servants dismissed after 2016 failed...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled the provision of a decree preventing civil servants dismissed under emergency decrees in the aftermath of a coup attempt...
Erdoğan’s rival accuses Russia of election ‘deep fakes’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief rival accused Russia on Thursday of spreading “deep fakes” ahead of this weekend’s crucial general election, Agence France-Presse...
Turkish media accused of underreporting scale of devastation in flood-hit region
Media outlets in Turkey, an overwhelming majority of which are controlled by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), have been accused of hiding...
Only 7 percent of UN’s $1 billion flash appeal funded: UN official
Only 7 percent of the $1 billion flash appeal launched by the UN to support millions of Turkish people affected by devastating earthquakes on...
Dismissed officer severely injured in workplace accident
Recep Karaşal, a former first lieutenant who was dismissed from the gendarmerie in 2018 by a government decree, was seriously injured in a fire...
European Commission notes ‘serious deficiencies’ in functioning of Turkey’s institutions
The European Commission in its yearly report on Turkey released on Wednesday said there are “serious deficiencies” in the functioning of Turkey’s democratic institutions,...
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