Liberal International to honor jailed businessman Kavala with 2025 freedom award
Liberal International will award its 2025 Prize for Freedom to jailed Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala at a ceremony in Germany next month,...
Turkey arrests 24 over Ramadan aid to Gülen-linked families
A Turkish court on Thursday arrested 24 people, most of them women, for providing Ramadan aid to families of individuals imprisoned or dismissed from...
Turkey blocks X accounts of left-wing opposition parties, veteran party leader
Turkish authorities on Tuesday blocked access in Turkey to the X accounts of several left-wing opposition parties, a party-affiliated youth group and an opposition...
148 workers killed in March as Turkey’s work-related death toll hits 432 in 3...
At least 148 people died in work-related incidents across Turkey in March, according to a new report from the Health and Safety Labour Watch Turkey (İSİG),...
Turkey’s disinformation law used to charge at least 83 journalists since 2022, data show
Turkey has charged at least 83 journalists a total of 114 times under its disinformation law since it took effect in October 2022, according...
UN rapporteurs criticize Turkey’s handling of student’s death, early release for abusers
United Nations special rapporteurs have criticized an investigation into the suspicious death of university student Rojin Kabaiş and voiced concern over a Turkish law...
CHP mayor, party official detained in İzmir-linked probes amid crackdown on opposition
A mayor and a senior official from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been detained in separate investigations based in the western...
Turkish comedian detained over joke about Ottoman sultan
Turkish comedian Tuba Ulu was detained after making a joke about Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent during a stand-up performance, Turkish Minute reported.
The İstanbul...
Turkey puts 11 on trial for LGBT ‘obscenity’
Eleven leaders of a Turkish LGBT rights group went on trial Wednesday on charges of “obscenity” and “violating the protection of the family,” Agence...
Amnesty urges authorities to drop charges against LGBTQ+ activists
Amnesty International Turkey on Tuesday urged Turkish authorities to drop what it called unfounded charges against 11 people linked to an LGBTQ+ rights group,...
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