Protesters detained at İstanbul rally over banners condemning trade with Israel
Protesters carrying banners condemning companies engaged in trade with Israel were barred from entering a pro-Palestine rally in İstanbul on Wednesday organized by a...
Turkish gov’t sells company seized over alleged Gülen links at far below market value
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has sold at well below its market value Naksan Holding, once one of Turkey’s largest corporations before it was...
President Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally: Turkey on verge of social crisis
Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultranationalist ally and chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has warned against the increasing rate of...
ECtHR faults Turkey for denying top judges legal recourse after dismissal under 2014 law
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Turkey in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for denying access to...
Turkey’s Crackdown on Kurdish Political Movement: 2021 in Review
The Turkish government continued its efforts to criminalize the Kurdish political movement with a view to weakening the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Turkey’s third...
Turkish authorities send 85-year-old Kurdish woman back to prison after treatment
Sise Bingöl, an 85-year-old woman arrested by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has reportedly been returned to prison after an...
71 percent of Turks believe there is no justice in their country: survey
Seventy-one percent of Turkish citizens believe there is no justice in Turkey, according to a new survey reported by Turkish Minute.
The survey, conducted by...
ECtHR president cites insufficient resources as reason for jailed journalists’ cases still pending at...
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) President Róbert Ragnar Spanó has given the court’s insufficient resources as the reason that the applications from two...
Hearing at ECtHR reveals Turkish prosecutor denied access to vital information
A Turkish prosecutor who had dropped a case involving human rights violations in Turkey’s Kurdish district of Cizre was prohibited access to vital military...
Opposition parties hold joint protest in Ankara against removal of mayors
Representatives from six opposition parties have staged a protest in front of Turkey’s Interior Ministry in Ankara, condemning the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
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