İstanbul district mayor among 17 arrested in expanding crackdown on main opposition
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of Beyoğlu Mayor İnan Güney and 16 others on charges of fraud and membership in a criminal...
Police probe exiled journalist’s aid to victim of crackdown diagnosed with brain tumor
Turkish police are following money sent by exiled journalist Adem Yavuz Arslan to Haşim Söylemez, a Turkish investigative journalist who was jailed and released...
Turkish government fears criticism more than pandemic: Amnesty International
Amnesty International said, in a report released Thursday, the fact that prisoners of conscience have been left to languish in appalling conditions despite a...
Dismissed municipal workers in eastern Turkey continue protest against trustee administration
The protest of 223 municipal workers dismissed by a government-appointed trustee in Turkey’s eastern Van province continued on Thursday, with support from civil society...
Pro-Erdoğan daily targets yet another Turkish journalist living in exile
A Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden who’s on a list of political dissidents whose extradition is demanded by Turkey has been targeted...
Court allows convicted rapist to exercise ‘right to be forgotten,’ bans news about his...
A Turkish court last week granted the request of Recep Çakır, a national wrestler who was sentenced to 23 years, six months’ imprisonment in...
Council of Europe congress urges release of Turkish youth delegate after Ankara visit
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on Friday urged Turkey to release Enes Hocaoğulları, a 23-year-old LGBTQ+ activist and its...
9 former and active duty officers detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish police have detained nine active duty and former military officers out of 12 being sought on warrants due to their alleged links to...
Turkish government arrests 14 lawyers on alleged terror charges
A total of 14 lawyers, who defending the jailed hunger striking educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, have been arrested on charges of alleged...
Turkish university revoked 5 students’ master’s admissions after their participation in protests over İmamoğlu’s...
A student facing charges for allegedly participating in protests following the March arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has testified in court that Boğaziçi...
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