UN has raised a quarter of $1 billion Turkey earthquake funds target
The United Nations said Friday it has so far raised a quarter of the money it needs for relief work in Turkey after earthquakes...
Turkish football star Hakan Şükür’s father given jail sentence over Gülen links: report
The father of Turkey’s best-known footballer, ex-international Hakan Şükür, has been given a prison sentence of three years, 45 days on charges of aiding...
Turkish court rejects request for release of pro-Kurdish HDP presidential candidate Demirtaş
An Ankara high criminal court has rejected a request for the release of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş from jail...
Turkey detains 7 for helping families of people jailed over Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained seven people on accusations of providing financial assistance to the families of individuals jailed or dismissed from their jobs...
Prosecutor seeks prison sentence for journalist who returned to Turkey for election campaign
A prosecutor demanded a prison sentence for a veteran Turkish journalist the day after he returned to Turkey to run for a seat in parliament...
Man allegedly abducted by Turkish intel in İstanbul recounts details of torture
Gökhan Güneş, who returned home nearly a week after he was allegedly abducted by Turkish intelligence officers in broad daylight in İstanbul, has said...
COMMENTARY — What to expect from Turkey’s elections
By Abdullah Bozkurt
In the upcoming June 24 presidential and parliamentary snap elections, I have little hope that the opposition will score a win in...
Turkey blocks journalist Furkan Karabay’s social media accounts, bans YouTube video
Turkish authorities on Monday blocked access to journalist Furkan Karabay’s accounts on X and Instagram and imposed an access ban on one of his...
2 more Kurdish journalists sentenced to prison on terrorist propaganda charges
Journalists Mehmet Güleş and İsmail Çoban have been handed down prison sentences by Turkish courts on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda, according to media...
Freedom House report shows extent of Turkey’s transnational repression policy
A report by Freedom House on global transnational repression published today reveals the intensity, geographic reach and suddenness of the Turkish government’s campaign targeting...
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