ECtHR finds Turkey in violation of Syriac foundation’s property rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey for violating a Syriac foundation’s rights by expropriating a property that was used by...
HRW criticizes Turkey over jailing of environmental activist ahead of COP31
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday criticized Turkey’s detention of an environmental activist, warning it raises concerns about whether the country will uphold the...
Kurds accuse Turkey of destroying oil, power facilities in NE Syria
Turkish bombardment has damaged more than half of Kurdish-held northeast Syria’s power and oil infrastructure, dealing a blow to its energy-dependent economy, Turkish Minute...
Top appeals court drops case over 1990s disappearance of 8 people in SE Turkey
Turkey’s top appeals court has dropped a long-running case concerning the enforced disappearance of eight people, including three children, in the predominantly Kurdish province...
23 people briefly detained over Kurdish songs played at wedding in central Turkey
Twenty-three people were briefly detained on Saturday due to the Kurdish songs played at a wedding that took place in central Turkey about a...
Turkish court sentences Kurdish journalist to more than 4 years for allegedly aiding terrorist...
A Turkish court in the southeastern province of Van on Thursday sentenced Kurdish journalist Reyhan Hacıoğlu to four years, two months in prison for...
Writer to serve sentence for showing solidarity with Kurdish daily
A Kurdish writer has been sent to prison to serve a 15-month sentence on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda when acting as the symbolic...
21 detained in probe into alleged cover-up of general’s son’s death
Turkish authorities detained 21 suspects Thursday in a reopened investigation into an alleged cover-up and evidence tampering in the 2018 death of a retired...
Kurdish language teacher suffers threats and insults on social media
Mizgin Yalçın, a teacher of the Kurdish language based in Diyarbakır, received numerous insulting and threatening messages on social media after she shared a...
Socialist International backs ousted CHP leader, urges court-installed Kılıçdaroğlu to call party vote
Socialist International said on Thursday it would continue to recognize Özgür Özel as the legitimate leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), rejecting a...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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