Turkey to review unresolved cases that drew public outrage, justice minister says
Turkey’s justice minister said Tuesday that authorities are re-examining previously closed case files, with priority given to unresolved cases that triggered public outrage, Turkish...
37 more alleged PKK members detained in connection to Ankara suicide bombing
Turkish security forces have detained 37 more people with alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in connection to a suicide attack in Ankara...
Press groups condemn Turkey’s ‘weaponization’ of disinformation law against journalists
Twenty-five international and local press freedom organizations have strongly condemned Turkey’s intensified use of its disinformation law to systematically prosecute journalists, calling for the...
Court in western Turkey sentences 4 activists over Boğaziçi protests
A Turkish court in İzmir has handed down varying prison sentences to four people due to their attendance at a gathering in support of...
Turkey detained 8,477 people, arrested 1,112 during protests, public gatherings in 2025: report
Turkish authorities detained at least 8,477 people and arrested 1,112 during protests and public gatherings in 2025, the Human Rights Association (İHD) said in...
3 in 4 rights complaints to Turkish Parliament come from prison inmates, official figures...
Three-quarters of human rights complaints submitted to the Turkish Parliament over the past year came from prison inmates, according to official figures released in...
Turkish ministry handed over kidnapped Yazidi child to ISIL-linked family that sold her: report
The Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Services last year handed over a kidnapped Yazidi child to a family associated with the Islamic State...
Turkish police detain 57 in new operation targeting İstanbul Municipality
Turkish police detained 57 people on Monday in a new operation targeting an İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality subsidiary, the latest in a series of investigations...
Former Kurdish politician gets suspended sentence on terrorist propaganda charges
Emine Ayna, a former co-chair of the Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), has been given a suspended sentence for disseminating terrorist propaganda in speeches...
9 CHP members arrested in probe linked to annulled party congress
Nine members of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been arrested in an investigation into alleged irregularities at the party’s 2023 congress,...
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