Eight civilians killed in Turkish airstrikes on Syria
Turkish airstrikes killed eight civilians in Syria’s Kurdish-held northeast Monday, a war monitor and local media said, as Ankara launched operations in Iraq and...
RSF urges Turkey to release journalist arrested on espionage charges
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday called on Turkish authorities to immediately release journalist Merdan Yanardağ, the editor-in-chief of the TELE1 broadcaster, who has been arrested...
Ankara mayor quits CHP, says he will govern as an independent
Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş resigned from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Wednesday, saying he would remain in office as an independent.
His decision came...
4 suspects in killing of Şenyaşar family members arrested in SE Turkey
Four suspects in the murder of three members of the Şenyaşar family by people connected to İbrahim Halil Yıldız, a lawmaker from the ruling...
Former İstanbul municipality media director alleges rights violations in prison amid crackdown on opposition
Dr. İpek Elif Atayman, the former general manager of the İstanbul Municipality’s media company, has alleged her rights are being violated through abusive prison...
Turkish university cancels university degree of Erdoğan’s strongest rival
A Turkish university said Tuesday that İstanbul’s opposition mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu — already the target of a number of court cases — falsely obtained...
Turkish women’s rights activists criticize reduced sentences on grounds of ‘provocation’ in gender-based violence...
Turkish women's rights activists have criticized courts handing down reduced sentences to perpetrators of gender-based violence on the grounds that they were “provoked,” saying...
Turkish authorities send cancer patient to prison despite condition
Abdurrahman Gemicioğlu, a 67-year-old cancer patient, was arrested and sent to prison to serve an eight-year, nine-month sentence on conviction of links to the...
552 kids mark Children’s Day in Turkish prisons with their mothers
Turkey is celebrating National Sovereignty and Children’s Day with a total of 552 children under the age of six accompanying their mothers in prisons,...
Police force conscript veterans, fallen conscripts’ relatives from Ankara park
Turkish police early Wednesday removed relatives of conscripts killed in service and veterans who had been conscripted into military service from Ankara’s Güvenpark, ending...
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