Turkey orders detention of 31 lawyers over alleged use of illegal data systems
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 31 lawyers accused of using subscription-based, illegal data-query systems to access citizens’ personal information and target people...
Turkish journalist detained over social media posts, YouTube broadcasts
Turkish journalist Oya Lale Arslan was detained Friday as part of an investigation into her social media posts and YouTube broadcasts on suspicion of...
CPJ calls for release of Turkish journalist jailed over ‘Erdoğan passed away’ post
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to immediately release journalist İrem Delice, who was jailed under the country’s disinformation...
12 detained in new probe targeting main opposition-run Istanbul municipality
Turkish police detained 12 people Thursday in a new corruption investigation targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the local government formerly headed by suspended and...
3 Turkish women journalists indicted 7 months after being jailed
Turkish prosecutors have completed the indictments of three journalists from the left-wing Etkin News Agency (ETHA) seven months after they were arrested in a...
Former PM Davutoğlu investigated for ‘insulting Erdoğan’ in 2021 remarks
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into former prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on suspicion of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in remarks that recently...
New report challenges European asylum assessments, says Turkey’s Gülen crackdown shifted rather than eased
A new report is challenging European assessments that Turkey’s crackdown on people linked to the Gülen movement has eased, arguing that lower prosecution numbers...
Turkish rights advocates Kılıç, Erçoban to receive Pro Asyl human rights award
Turkish human rights lawyer Taner Kılıç and refugee rights advocate Pırıl Erçoban have been named recipients of the German Pro Asyl Foundation’s 2026 Human...
Poverty, bullying raise risk of children disengaging from school in Turkey, studies find
Economic hardship, transportation problems, gaps in learning and bullying are making it harder for some children in Turkey to attend school regularly and stay...
Turkey bar association chief says gov’t must comply with high court rulings
The head of Turkey’s national bar association on Tuesday warned that government authorities cannot choose whether to comply or not with rulings by the...
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