Swedish journalist freed in Turkey after arrest on ‘terrorism’ charges
A Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey on terrorism charges as well as insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been released, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson...
Turkey ranked 149th in RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index 2022
Turkey was ranked 149th among 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2022 World Press Freedom Index, with the prominent press organization warning about...
Top court rules Turkey violated rights of Gülen-linked teacher abducted from Kazakhstan
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that authorities violated their obligation to investigate credible allegations of torture made by Zabit Kişi, a former teacher convicted...
Syrian refugees in Turkey: political tool in crisis times
Turkey’s large Syrian refugee population has become a political football as an economic crisis overshadows next year’s presidential election and parties spar over sending...
No peace possible in Turkey without Alevi involvement, pro-Kurdish party co-chair says
Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), declared at the 13th British Alevi Festival in London that any...
Court defers announcement of verdict for man who punched Kılıçdaroğlu in 2019
An Ankara court has sentenced Osman Sarıgün, who punched Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu at a funeral in 2019,...
Pensioner dies in occupational accident while working illegally to make ends meet
Selami Şimşek, a 71-year-old pensioner, died after falling from the sixth floor of a construction site in central Yozgat province where he was working...
Changes to Turkey’s Press Ethics Code feared to contribute to increasing censorship
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, has changed the Press Ethics Code, adding...
Inmates in Gaziantep struggle with extremely poor prison conditions, says opposition deputy
Inmates in several prisons across Turkey’s southern Gaziantep province have been enduring poor conditions, including a lack of hot water and unsanitary facilities, according...
100 French MPs slam Erdoğan’s ‘policy of war’ against Syrian Kurds
A hundred French parliamentarians, mainly from the political left, on Saturday denounced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s “policy of war” against Kurds in northern...
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