Hrant Dink commemorated in İstanbul 19 years after his murder

Hundreds of people gathered in İstanbul on Monday to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the killing of Hrant Dink, the Armenian-Turkish journalist who was...

Turkey’s control of the internet threatens elections, right groups warn

Two prominent rights organizations have called on the Turkish government to end online censorship while urging technology firms to prioritize rights as Turkey holds critical presidential...

Man with stage 4 cancer not released despite medical report citing imminent health risk

Bekir Aydın, 63, has not been released from prison despite a medical report saying he could not stay in prison due to stage 4...

Turkish soldiers and police officers captured by PKK say they have been abandoned

Turkish soldiers and police officers captured by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have stated that they were abandoned to the hands of the...

EU rapporteur slams ruling in İmamoğlu diploma case as court rejects appeal

Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey, has sharply criticized a Turkish court’s decision to reject jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s appeal...

Erdoğan’s neo-nationalist ally announces support for him in presidential runoff

Doğu Perinçek, the founder and chairman of the neo-nationalist Homeland Party (VP), has announced that his party will throw its weight behind President Recep...

Kurdish politician speaks of gross rights violations and torture in police detention center

İbrahim Halil Baran, chairman of the Kurdistan Party (PAKURD), has said he witnessed gross human rights violations and torture at a police detention center...

Turkish court rules to jail Kurdish journalist Berzan Güneş in Şırnak province

A court in Turkey's eastern Şırnak province on Monday ruled to jail Kurdish journalist Berzan Güneş, a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency,...

Turkish court blocks access to reports saying far-right official broke woman’s nose

A Turkish court has blocked online access to multiple news reports and social media posts about a far-right party official who is standing trial...

7 detained for protesting interior minister during political campaign tour in İstanbul

Seven people were detained for protesting Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu while he was touring İstanbul’s Gazi neighborhood in a political campaign bus just days...
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