Turkey seeks extra time from ECtHR to submit action plan on landmark ruling
The Turkish government has requested extra time from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to submit an action plan requested by the court...
CoE platform asks Turkish gov’t about death threats against Jiyan News editor İdris Yayla
The Council of Europe’s platform to promote the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists on Thursday issued a media freedom alert about...
Turkish gov’t says operations targeting Gülen movement could extend to US
Turkey’s presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said during a press conference on Friday that the Turkish government would continue its global manhunt for followers of...
One in 10 illegal migrants crossing to UK by boat is Turkish: Home Office
Turks made up 10 percent of the migrants who entered the UK illegally by way of small watercraft in the first half of 2024,...
Turkish presidency seeks to strip 4 opposition deputies of immunity
A presidential summary of proceedings seeking the removal of the parliamentary immunity of four opposition deputies has made its way to the Turkish parliament,...
Turkey’s watchdog grants right to collect personal information of Internet TV viewers
A newly introduced regulation has granted the authority to Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to collect information about the viewers of Internet...
Economic pressures push Turkey’s children out of school and into workforce
As schools in Turkey prepared to reopen, a 15-year-old in the southeastern province of Şırnak took to social media to find work instead of...
States, individuals must be held accountable for torture and ill-treatment: UN report
Failing to take measures to ensure accountability for torture and ill-treatment gives rise to legal responsibilities of not only states but also individuals under...
Turkish court sentences Fethullah Gülen’s brother to 10,5 years in prison
A Turkish court sentenced Kutbettin Gülen, one of the brothers of US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen, to 10,5 years in jail on Monday.
Kutbettin...
Justice ministry claims ‘no information’ on 2015 killing of Kurdish woman in SE Turkey
The Turkish Justice Ministry has announced that it has “no information” regarding an investigation into the killing of a Kurdish woman whose body was...
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