Turkey investigates 271 social media users over comments on currency crisis
Investigations have been launched into the users of 271 social media accounts due to their posts about the recent depreciation of the Turkish lira...
Heating system doesn’t work in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison despite freezing temperatures
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu in a Monday tweet criticized the worsening conditions in İstanbul's Silivri Prison, saying the heating system...
RSF slams ‘political’ justice in Turkey over Khashoggi murder
A day before a Turkish probe resumes into the killing of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Reporters Without Borders on Monday slammed political influence on...
Bolu City Council approves exorbitant fees on foreigners to access public services and obtain...
The Bolu City Council has approved a proposal imposing exorbitant fees on foreigners to access public services and marry in the city, in an...
Turkey’s top court yet to make decision on case of maid found dead in...
The lawyer for the family of Nadira Kadirova said the Turkish Constitutional Court has not delivered a decision despite the passage of 18 months...
Turkey is home to over 4 million refugees, Interior Minister Soylu says
Turkey is home to a total of 4,038,857 refugees from around the world, according to the latest figures provided by Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu...
213 face detention in separate investigations over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 213 people in separate investigations based in Ankara and İzmir on allegations of links to the Gülen...
Opposition MP voices outrage over imprisonment of 64-year-old woman on terrorism charges
Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a deputy from Turkey’s DEVA Party, urged authorities yesterday to immediately release 64-year-old Fatma Yurt, who was arrested on terrorism charges for...
Turkey ranks first among countries that have moved away from democracy in the past...
Turkey ranks first among countries in which democratic rule decreased between 2010 and 2020, according to a report published Monday by the Stockholm-based International...
Interpol election raises rights concerns about fair policing: report
Human rights groups and Western lawmakers are warning that Interpol’s powerful network of global police officers could end up under the sway of authoritarian...
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