Turkish singer accused of having shoes autographed by NBA star Enes Kanter
Turkish singer Gökmen Ürü, for whom a detention warrant was issued by the Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office as part of the Turkish government's...
1,267 miners killed in work accidents in Turkey since 2013: report
A total of 1,267 miners have died in work-related accidents in Turkey since 2013, according to a new report by the Health and Safety...
Mass detentions as part of crackdown on Kurdish political movement drew concern from UN
UN special rapporteurs in a joint letter sent to the Turkish government in May expressed serious concern about the mass arrest and detention of opposition members...
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals judge-rapporteur slammed for sexist legal guide
A judge-rapporteur from Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has been slammed for sexist remarks in his newly published book, titled "A Public Prosecutor’s Duty...
SCF sounds the alarm on jailed journalists in Turkey at Mänskliga Rättighetsdagarna
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) urged Turkish government to release jailed journalists, drop the fabricated charges and stop the crackdown on independent, critical and...
Turkish court hands down reduced sentences to veteran journalists Ilıcak, Altan in third retrial
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced veteran journalists Nazlı Ilıcak and Ahmet Altan to reduced prison terms in their third retrial on charges of...
Greek police pushed back 5 Turkish asylum seekers fleeing Erdoğan’s crackdown
Greek authorities on Sunday forcibly pushed back five Turks — a mother and her two children, another woman and a man — after they...
Turkish diplomats profiled Erdoğan critics in Turkmenistan
Turkish diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President Recep...
Pro-Kurdish DİHA journalist Oruç released today, detained by Turkish police again
Şerife Oruç, a journalist for the now-closed pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA), was detained on Monday again after the Batman 2nd High Criminal Court...
Protests, messages of solidarity, new arrests mark anniversary of İmamoğlu’s imprisonment
The first anniversary of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s imprisonment was marked on Thursday by messages of solidarity from European politicians, a student march in...
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