Turkey imposes $140,000 fines on WhatsApp, Meta for failing to appoint local contact person
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) has imposed a fine of TL 2,650,000 (approximately $140,000) each on WhatsApp and Meta for failing to register...
CHP’s İmamoğlu acquitted of charges of insulting AKP district mayor
İstanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has been acquitted of charges of insulting a district mayor in the city from the ruling Justice and Development Party...
Turkey detains Fethullah Gülen’s nephew on accusations of terrorism
Turkish authorities on Friday detained Yasir Gülen, the nephew of the late Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen, on accusations of terrorism, the Aktif Haber...
Municipal council approves mayor’s anti-refugee proposal
The municipal council of the northwestern Turkish province of Bolu has approved by a majority vote a controversial proposal made by the mayor targeting...
Conditions for inmates at Turkish prison ‘much better than home,’ gov’t broadcaster claims
Elif Akkuş, a correspondent for Turkish public broadcaster TRT, spent a day with mothers and children at Sincan Prison in Ankara and said that...
Turkey detains 106 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 106 people due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, according to...
Turkey detains 113 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 113 people due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, according to...
European judges association, Belgian law firm, NGO take Turkey’s alleged crimes against humanity to...
A law firm and two nongovernmental organizations advocating human rights and the rule of law have sent a communication to the International Criminal Court...
Secret report reveals Turkish police and intelligence have unrestricted access to citizens’ private data
A confidential document obtained by Nordic Monitor shows that Turkish law enforcement and intelligence agencies have sweeping access to citizens’ private travel, accommodation and...
Jailed Kurdish politician given prison sentence on conviction of insulting former PM
Former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November 2016, has been given a jail...
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