Pro-Kurdish party members among 47 detained during protest against Turkish offensive in N. Syria,...
Turkish police on Monday broke up a protest that included members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Democratic Regions Party (DBP)...
Family accuses governor’s son in young Kurdish woman’s death, alleges coverup by former official
The family of a young Kurdish woman who disappeared in eastern Turkey in 2020 has accused the son of a former governor of killing...
37 former military cadets retried, given life sentences again on coup charges
A Turkish court on Wednesday handed down life sentences to 37 former air force cadets in a retrial on coup-related charges due to their...
Boydak Holding executive convicted of Gülen links detained in İstanbul
An executive from the Kayseri-based Boydak Holding was detained in İstanbul on Tuesday to serve a sentence handed down on terrorism-related charges due to...
World Bank estimates Turkey earthquake damage at $34 bn
The devastating February 6 earthquake and aftershocks that hit southern Turkey have caused damage worth more than $34 billion in the country, Agence France-Presse...
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...
Former Supreme Court of Appeals judge tortured and mistreated in prison
Nalan Dilara Uğur, daughter of former Supreme Court of Appeals judge Hüsamettin Uğur, has claimed in a series of tweets that her father was...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals overturns prison sentence in child abuse case due to...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a 28-year prison sentence for a man convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in the religious...
115 Turkish journalists subjected to violence, 241 appeared before a judge in 2021: report
One hundred fifteen journalists were subjected to physical violence in Turkey last year, and three out of every five journalists have received threats during...
Kavala says Turkey must comply with ECtHR rulings after new hearing in Strasbourg
Imprisoned Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala said Turkey is constitutionally required to comply with rulings from the European Court of Human...
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