Turkey’s top appeals court overturns prison sentence of parents of 6 on Gülen charges...

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the prison sentences of Nurcan and Abdülkadir Arslan, parents of quintuplets and one other child, citing an...

Police detain 42 at massive opposition rally in İstanbul

Turkish police detained 42 people on Tuesday during a massive opposition rally at İstanbul City Hall, held to mark the 100th day since the city’s popular...

Turkish court jails 4 LeMan staff members over cartoon allegedly insulting religious values

Four staff members of the Turkish satirical magazine LeMan were jailed pending trial on Wednesday on charges of “publicly insulting religious values” after being...

Former İzmir mayor among 120 detained in corruption investigation

Turkish police have detained 120 former and current municipal officials in the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) bastion of İzmir, including the city’s...

Turkey tops European Court of Human Rights docket with 21,200 pending cases

Turkey continues to account for the largest number of pending applications before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), with 21,200 complaints still awaiting...

More than three decades on, Alevis still await justice for Sivas massacre 

Thirty-two years after 33 intellectuals and artists were killed in an arson attack on a hotel in Turkey’s Sivas province, the search for justice...

Thousands rally in İstanbul in show of support for opposition

At least 10,000 people joined an opposition rally at İstanbul City Hall Tuesday on the 100th day since the city’s popular mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu...

Erdoğan condemns alleged satirical cartoon as provocation, vows legal action

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday joined members of his government in condemning a recent cartoon published by the satirical LeMan magazine, calling...

Turkey blocks satirical magazine LeMan’s website and X account after alleged Prophet cartoon

Turkish authorities have blocked access to the website and X account of LeMan, a popular satirical magazine, following accusations that a recent cartoon depicted...

Turkish officials accused of inciting public against satirical magazine over alleged Prophet cartoon

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya and other senior officials are facing growing condemnation from legal and human rights groups for what critics describe as...

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