Journalist gets suspended sentence for spreading ‘disinformation’ about 2023 earthquakes
A Turkish court has handed down a 10-month suspended sentence to a journalist on conviction of spreading disinformation regarding earthquakes that devastated parts of...
Turkey’s media watchdog fines 3 TV stations over content deemed harmful to family values
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has fined three national television stations over alleged violations related to content it claimed...
Turkish authorities dismiss medical doctor and human rights advocate for allegedly ‘insulting President Erdoğan’
Prominent medical doctor and human rights advocate Dr. Ayşe Uğurlu has been dismissed from public service following an investigation for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep...
Transferring Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia undermines Turkey’s credibility: Islamist opposition party leader
Temel Karamollaoğlu, the leader of Turkey’s Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), said on Thursday that transferring a case involving the murder of journalist Jamal...
Turkish authorities put union leader under house arrest a day after release from jail
A union leader who was arrested in February for participating in a strike and released on Monday was put under house arrest a day...
Lawyer rearrested days after release from prison in Turkey
Metin Can Yılmaz, a Turkish human rights lawyer who was sentenced to over 12 years in prison on alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Nearly a year after devastating earthquakes in southeast Turkey, families still searching for missing...
Nearly a year after two devastating earthquakes hit Turkey’s southeastern provinces, families have once again called on authorities to increase efforts to find their...
Governor’s office bans annual Feminist Night March in Istanbul
The İstanbul Governor’s Office on Monday announced that no demonstrations or marches will be allowed to mark International Women’s Day in İstanbul’s Taksim neighborhood...
Turkey’s top court rules university president violated student protester’s rights
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that a university president violated a student's right to protest by using a domestic violence protection law to obtain...
EUA report reveals Turkish universities to be least autonomous in Europe
The European University Association (EUA) has published a report that finds Turkish universities to be the least autonomous among institutions of higher learning in...
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