Jailed Kurdish journalists preparing to file application at ECtHR due to lack of indictment...

Sixteen Kurdish journalists who were put in pre-trial detention in southeastern Turkey in June are planning to file an application at the European Court...

US Pastor Brunson denies allegations of links with Gülen movement as his trial begins...

US Pastor Andrew Brunson on Monday denied allegations of any links to the Gülen movement as he went on trial in a case that...

Tortured, robbed and pushed back to Turkey, migrants face rogue force in Greece: report

A Turkish migrant who fled Ankara’s crackdown on dissent has given a detailed account of push-back on Greek soil to Bold Medya on Friday,...

Turkey ranks 124th out of 146 countries in WEF gender gap report

Turkey has been ranked 124th out of 146 countries with respect to inequalities between men and women, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global...

Death toll rises to 24 and 124 injured in train derailment in northwestern Turkey

At least 24 people were killed and 124 others injured after a passenger train derailed in Turkey’s northwestern Tekirdag province on Sunday, the state-run...

German Stern magazine labels President Erdoğan an ‘arsonist’ on cover

German weekly magazine Stern has referred to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as an “arsonist” on the cover of its latest issue, saying the...

Dismissed officer severely injured in workplace accident

Recep Karaşal, a former first lieutenant who was dismissed from the gendarmerie in 2018 by a government decree, was seriously injured in a fire...

Jailed businessman, philanthropist Osman Kavala back in court, remanded again

Turkey’s leading activist Osman Kavala, who at the weekend marked his 1,600th day in prison without conviction, appeared before court Monday for the first...

Turkey increased renditions, detentions and surveillance of its Uyghur population: report

Turkey increased renditions, detentions and surveillance of its Uyghur population and is no longer the safe haven it once was for Uyghur refugees, according...

Turkish authorities issue detention warrants for 31 former and active duty military members

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention warrants for 31 former and active duty military members over their alleged links to the...

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