Funding for humanitarian operations in Syria, neighboring host countries at critical low: IOM
Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) António Vitorino has raised the alarm over the lack of adequate funding for humanitarian operations required to...
Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention is a ‘worrying step backwards’: UN human rights experts
Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, is “a...
Turkish police detain Italian journalist Bianchi ahead of critical elections
Italian journalist Lorenzo Bianchi was detained by police at Istanbul Atatürk Airport upon his arrival to cover Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, according to...
Turkish MPs back steps to reintegrate former PKK militants
Kurdish militants who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers said in a key report released Wednesday, while avoiding...
Water usage restrictions extended in western Turkey as severe drought continues
Authorities in western Turkey have extended restrictions on water usage, with the region continuing to contend with a severe drought, the Gazete Duvar news...
‘I fear for my life in here,’ says disabled bomb expert imprisoned on terrorism...
"I fear for my life in here," said disabled former bomb disposal expert Bilal Konakçı in a letter he wrote from his prison cell...
Turkish gov’t bans main opposition officials from soldiers’ funerals
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Thursday he had banned local officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) from attending Turkish...
Report documents sharp rise in LGBTQ rights violations in Turkey in 2025
Violations of the rights of LGBTQ people in Turkey rose sharply in 2025, including increased detentions, bans on public events and new barriers to...
Grup Yorum concert for ‘quake solidarity’ cancelled by local authorities
Folk music band Grup Yorum has said on Twitter that a concert scheduled to take place on July 7 in İstanbul’s Sultangazi district was...
Expelled rights advocate MP Gergerlioğlu was handcuffed in intensive care following an angiogram
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights advocate and former deputy for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was handcuffed in the intensive care unit...
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