İstanbul mayor’s bus pelted during election campaign

Angry protesters on Sunday pelted the İstanbul mayor’s campaign bus with stones while he was touring Turkey’s conservative heartland ahead of next weekend’s general...

Jailed Kurdish leader denounces killing of PKK hostages, blames gov’t for botched rescue attempt

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has denounced the killing of 13 Turkish nationals held hostage by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), blaming the...

Persecuted members of high courts held in solitary confinement in Turkish prisons

Dozens of judges and prosecutors who are former members of Turkey's high courts such as the Court of Cassation, the Council of State, the...

Press freedom group urges Turkey to release Kurdish journalist arrested on terrorism charges

The International Press institute (IPI) on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to immediately release Kurdish journalist Nedim Oruç, warning that his arrest on terrorism-related...

Opposition media under fire for supporting AKP’s psychological warfare on election night

Turkey’s pro-opposition media outlets have come under fire on social media for allegedly providing support to the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) psychological...

Kosovo to try individuals involved in illegal deportation of Turkish teachers

Kosovar authorities have indicted three individuals involved in the illegal deportation of six Turkish teachers to Turkey on March 29, 2018, Balkan Insight reported. The...

Turkey’s Erdoğan talks of ‘crusader-crescent war’ after Austria’s move on mosques

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday criticized Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz for his government’s decision to shut down seven mosques and expel...

German Left Party says 16 activists, journalists detained in Turkey, calls for their release

Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke) said on Wednesday that Turkish police had detained a delegation of 16 German activists and journalists in southeastern Turkey...

Minority groups in Turkish provinces hit by quakes face discrimination

Members of minority groups living in Turkey’s southern provinces that were hit by devastating earthquakes in early February have been exposed to discrimination based...

Uyghur women march in İstanbul against China camps

Several hundred Muslim Uyghur women in Turkey staged an International Women’s Day march along the Bosporus on Monday demanding the closure of mass incarceration...
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