Turkey blocks İmamoğlu’s campaign account for fourth time
Turkey on Monday blocked the X campaign account of İstanbul mayor and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, following the...
Erdoğan, far-right ally visit earthquake zone amid criticism
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his far-right ally, Devlet Bahçeli, visited one of the provinces hit by two powerful earthquakes earlier this month...
Businessman battling cancer imprisoned for links to Gülen movement
Businessman Ali Kara, 64, was imprisoned in November for affiliation with the Gülen movement despite suffering from lymphoma and diabetes, Bold Medya reported.
Kara had...
Turkish police allegedly killed Syrian man in raid on wrong address in southern Turkey
A Syrian man identified as Anas Laila was allegedly shot and killed by Turkish police during a raid on the wrong address in the...
3 more journalists arrested in Turkey
Three of six journalists who were detained in an operation on Dec. 25 were arrested by an İstanbul court, after 24 days under detention,...
[UPDATE] Greek authorities initiate asylum procedures for group requesting help on social media
Greek authorities on Monday have started asylum procedures for a group of Turkish asylum seekers who posted a video on social media appealing for...
Woman speaks out about humiliating experiences during arrest and her children’s trauma
Hacer Koç, 44, one of the first women to come forward to share her experience of an unlawful strip-search in prison, talked to Bold...
Turkish prosecutors close investigation into rape allegations involving 2 Ukrainian orphans
Turkish prosecutors have closed an investigation into allegations that two Ukrainian orphans, then aged 15 and 16, were repeatedly raped and impregnated by Turkish...
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Botan to 18 years in prison
A Turkish court sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Lezgin Botan to 18 years in prison on Friday.
According to a report by the...
97,721 women tried on terrorism charges, 23,000 dismissed from civil service in Turkey since...
A total of 97,721 women were tried on charges of terrorism and 23,202 women have been dismissed from the civil service since a July...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...