Turkish banks continue to deny services to dismissed public servants
Turkish banks continue to deny basic services to civil servants summarily fired by the Turkish government in the aftermath of an abortive putsch in...
Merz criticizes Turkish judiciary, clashes with Erdoğan over Gaza during Ankara visit
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the state of Turkey’s judiciary and disagreed with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over their opposing views on Israel’s war...
Supreme appeals court upholds convictions of Boydak Holding executives on Gülen links
The 3rd Criminal Chamber of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of eight former executives of Boydak Holding and the confiscation...
Turkish businessman with ties to Gülen movement deported from Algeria
N.N.K., a Turkish businessman with alleged ties to the Gülen movement living in Algeria, was deported to Turkey following a joint effort on the...
Rights groups urge Turkish parliamentary commission to push reforms protecting Kurds
Three international rights groups are urging a cross-party parliamentary commission in Turkey to recommend sweeping legal and institutional reforms aimed at protecting Kurds and...
31 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in January
A total of 31 women in Turkey were murdered by men last month, while 28 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the...
Turkey’s top court says rights of journalist Ahmet Altan not violated
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that no rights violation took place in the re-imprisonment of prominent writer and journalist Ahmet Altan after the court...
Turkish court again defies Constitutional Court ruling in Gezi Park case
A Turkish court has for the second time refused to enforce a binding Constitutional Court ruling ordering a retrial for jailed urban planner Tayfun...
Jailed academic not allowed to attend wife’s funeral
Academic Namık Kemal Karabiber, who is serving a prison sentence that he will complete in 17 days, was not allowed to attend his wife's...
Pro-Kurdish party discovers wiretapping devices in İstanbul headquarters
Saruhan Oluç, deputy chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) parliamentary group, said at a press conference on Tuesday that four listening devices...
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