Educator abducted from Kyrgyzstan by Turkish spies arrested on terrorism charges
A Turkish court on Monday ruled to arrest Orhan İnandı, an educator who was abducted from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) due...
Top Turkish firms stop placing ads on US-based online platforms
Amid a diplomatic row between Turkey and the United States, top Turkish firms are joining in a campaign to stop placing ads on US-based...
Turkey continued to detain journalists, impose media bans in January: report
Turkish authorities detained two journalists over their professional activities and imposed publication and broadcast bans at least 11 times in January, the Artı Gerçek...
European court rules Turkey violated ex-police officer’s rights over ByLock use
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the pre-trial detention of a former police officer due to his alleged use...
Turkey’s OHAL Commission rules in favor of only 1,900 out of 30,000 applicants dismissed...
The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission) has examined the cases of 30,000 applicants who were dismissed by government decrees under a...
Turkey is responsible for rights abuses, ‘potential war crimes’ in north Syria: HRW
Turkey bears responsibility for human rights abuses and violations of land and property rights in swaths of northern Syria it controls alongside its proxies,...
US slaps sanctions on Syria armed group with Turkey links
The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on a Syrian armed group that killed a Kurdish politician amid Turkey’s 2019 incursion, vowing to keep...
Germany signs 5 weapons deals with Turkish gov’t in 4 months
While weapons trade between Germany and Turkey has decreased compared to previous years, it has come to light that the German government made five...
HRW to Turkey: Investigate abductions, disappearances in Ankara
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül in a letter to investigate the abductions and disappearances, which may have been...
Turkish court freed 3 alleged ISIL members accused of kidnapping Yazidi girl: report
Earlier this year a Turkish court released from pretrial detention three alleged members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who...
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