Municipal council approves mayor’s anti-refugee proposal
The municipal council of the northwestern Turkish province of Bolu has approved by a majority vote a controversial proposal made by the mayor targeting...
Women with brain tumor and heart condition detained over Gülen links
Aslı Öztürk, 35, who suffers from a brain tumor and a serious heart condition, was detained on Tuesday in Uşak province for alleged links...
Detention warrants issued for 55 over alleged Gülen links, 8 detained
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants as part of two separate investigations for 55 people over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, with...
Turkey’s RTÜK threatens to punish TV stations if they cover ongoing wildfires
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has issued written and verbal warnings to TV stations in the country, threatening them...
Gergerlioğlu raises questions about allegations of misconduct in Antalya prison
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has posed a parliamentary question to the justice minister about allegations of...
Journalist faces investigation for criticizing authorities over failure to protect Kurdish family killed in...
Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into Özgür Boğatekin, the news editor of a local newspaper in southeastern Turkey, for allegedly provoking public hatred...
Turkey cracks down on social media users critical of gov’t for wildfire response
Turkey’s General Directorate of Security (EGM) has announced that it has started legal proceedings against social media users on charges of causing fear and...
Rights organizations condemn racist attack against Kurdish family in Konya
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) on Saturday condemned what they described as a horrifying racist attack against...
Pro-gov’t daily admits ‘fake’ reports of attack on headscarved woman by Gezi protestors
The radical Islamist, pro-government Yeni Akit newspaper has admitted in a report that claims of a physical attack on a headscarf-wearing woman on the...
Logistics companies seized over Gülen links sold in fast-track auction
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) announced it has sold Sürat Kargo and Sürat Lojistik, private logistics companies that had been transferred to the...
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