Iran sanctions-busting Turkish-Iranian gold trader Zarrab spotted this time at New York hotel
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who turned witness in the New York trial of a Turkish banker charged with evading US sanctions on Iran,...
Former Ankara mayor targets minorities in controversial tweet
Melih Gökçek, the former mayor of Ankara and a prominent politician, has targeted Turkey’s ethnic and religious minorities, claiming that millions of Greeks, Armenians...
Former HDP mayor of Diyarbakır acquitted of terrorist propaganda charges
Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, the former mayor of southeastern Diyarbakır province from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was acquitted of charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda,...
HRF launches campaign during Turkish President’s UN visit to protest post-coup purge
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a New York-based rights association, on Monday launched a campaign protesting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the...
New study reveals millions grapple with poverty in İstanbul
According to a recent study by the İstanbul Planning Agency (İPA) millions of people living in İstanbul are contending with the effects of increasing...
EP Turkey rapporteur says he can’t forget post-mortem photos of Kabakçıoğlu, who was found...
Nacho Sánchez Amor, an MEP from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and EP standing rapporteur on the annual report on Turkey,...
Germany Chancellor Merkel talks human rights with Turkey’s Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faced criticism over press freedom and human rights violations in Turkey when he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in...
Factory explosion sparks criticism of workplace safety standards in Turkey
An explosion on Sunday at the Oba Makarna pasta factory in northwestern Turkey has left one worker dead and 30 others injured, sparking renewed...
Turkey aiming to increase capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, says ...
The Turkish government is working to increase the capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, said Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights defender...
Turkish gov’t requests that Cambodia extradite alleged members of Gülen movement
The Turkish government repeated its extradition request for three Turkish nationals from Cambodia on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup global witch hunt...
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