YouTube removes Erdoğan aide’s video for violating ‘hate speech’ rules
YouTube, one of the most visited websites in Turkey, has removed a video of a speech by Turkish Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun during...
Top court upholds prison sentences in MİT trucks probe
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the lengthy jail sentences handed down to 18 defendants for conducting a 2014 investigation into trucks operated...
Turkish Parliament receives proceedings against 20 MPs including opposition leader
The Turkish Parliament has received summaries of proceedings to remove the parliamentary immunity of 20 opposition lawmakers including the leader of the main opposition...
Turkey’s top court says jailed former lawmaker’s rights were violated
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that Turkey violated the rights of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker and...
Top Turkish court rejects appeal to reverse Erdoğan’s decision to exit Istanbul Convention
The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has rejected an appeal demanding cancellation of a presidential decree that pulled the country out of...
14 press organizations protest police violence against Turkish journalists
Representatives from 14 press organizations gathered in the capital city of Ankara on Tuesday to condemn the increasing police violence against journalists in Turkey,...
Turkish court reinstates official fired during emergency rule in landmark decision
A Turkish court on Monday ruled in a precedent-setting case to reinstate a public servant who was fired from her job by a government...
European court rules Turkey violated top judge’s rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had violated the right to liberty and security as well as the...
[Interview] Ruth Ben-Ghiat: ‘Any society can be susceptible to strongman figures if it’s the...
American historian and political commentator Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that any society can be susceptible...
Bar association challenges controversial music ban at top court
The Ankara Bar Association has petitioned Turkey’s top administrative court for the cancellation of a ban on live music performances in public venues after...
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