Turkey’s religious authority ignores court ruling, re-sanctions imam for refusing to take congregation to...

Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has sanctioned an imam again for refusing to bring his congregation to a 2023 rally for President Recep...
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Turkey cracks down on social media users critical of gov’t for wildfire response

Turkey’s General Directorate of Security (EGM) has announced that it has started legal proceedings against social media users on charges of causing fear and...

Turkish nationalist leader condemns ‘hidden propaganda’ in religious rituals during pope’s visit

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key political ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has sharply criticized parts...

PACE members urge Turkish government to halt operations against Syria’s Afrin

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) members held a discussion on Wednesday over Turkish military operations on Afrin province of northern Syria...

Opposition HDP asks for parliamentary investigation into killing of journalist Dink

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has asked the Turkish parliament to investigate the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was murdered in...

Turkish government bans 3 books on Kurds, court summons authors

Turkish government has banned the sale of three books written about Kurds and Kurdish issue on the grounds that they display “the character of...

Turkey’s top commanders led 2016 coup, then sided with Erdoğan, ex-general convicted of failed...

A former Turkish brigadier general convicted over the operation to detain President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 told...

Detention warrants issued for 532 active duty, former officers over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 459 active duty and 73 former military officers due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Turkish court keeps veteran journalist Fatih Altaylı in jail

A Turkish court on Thursday ordered veteran journalist Fatih Altaylı to remain in jail more than 100 days after his arrest on charges of...

Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate has become a tool for silencing dissent

Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has become an instrument for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government to silence dissent and cover up wrongdoing. According to...
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