Turkey’s CHP files complaint against 3 prosecutors over politically charged investigations
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed a complaint with the country’s top judicial body against İstanbul’s chief prosecutor and two other...
Union leaders face up to 4.5 years’ imprisonment for protesting official inflation rates
Five union leaders from the Public Service Employees Union (Birleşik KAMU-İŞ) could receive prison sentences of up to four and a half years each,...
Refugees confronted with increasing hate crimes after Bolu City Council approves controversial proposal
Refugees in Turkey's northwestern city of Bolu said they have been confronted with more hate crimes since the municipal council approved a discriminatory proposal...
Opposition expresses concerns about AKP’s pre-election efforts to provoke, manipulate voters
Tactics allegedly used by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its allies in the run-up to Sunday’s elections to provoke and manipulate...
DEVA Party MP calls on authorities to immediately investigate claims of mistreatment in Silivri...
Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) deputy Mustafa Yeneroğlu has called on authorities to immediately investigate allegations of mistreatment in Istanbul's Silivri Prison.
At a press...
CHP mayor, party official detained in İzmir-linked probes amid crackdown on opposition
A mayor and a senior official from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been detained in separate investigations based in the western...
Amnesty calls for release of dozens detained at İstanbul Pride March
The Turkey office of Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release dozens of LGBTQ+ activists who were detained in...
Turkish actor questioned by police over Kurdish militant role in hit French series
A Turkish actor who played a Kurdish militant in the 2017 hit French spy series “The Bureau” was questioned by İstanbul police investigating the...
Turkey ordered detention of 68 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 68 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
Columnist indicted on Erdoğan insult charges due to article on forest fires
A columnist for the left-wing Evrensel newspaper has been indicted on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in an opinion piece in which...
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