Turkey dismisses 3 Kurdish mayors, detains hundreds on terrorism charges

The Turkish government on Monday appointed trustees to three municipalities in the predominantly Kurdish Southeast of Turkey, dismissing the newly elected mayors of Van, Mardin...

Turkish man threatens family at knifepoint, claims impunity granted by the courts will protect...

In a harrowing case of domestic violence, a Turkish man who threatened his wife and children with death told them he would “get away...

PACE rapporteurs denied permission to visit Kavala in prison

A request by the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to visit businessman and...

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens Kosovo PM Haradinaj: You will pay the price for this

Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticised Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Saturday for dismissing the country's interior minister and intelligence chief on...

IJA marks World Press Freedom Day with plea to free jailed journalists, warning on...

The International Journalists Association (IJA), a Germany-based network of media workers living in exile, marked World Press Freedom Day on Saturday with a call...

Women stage protest against attempt to close anti-femicide group in Turkey

Several hundred women protested outside an İstanbul court on Wednesday ahead of a hearing to close a well-known anti-femicide campaign group, Turkish Minute reported. Waving...

Interpol has rejected 646 Red Notice requests from Turkey since 2016 coup attempt

Turkish Interior Ministry spokesperson İsmail Çataklı said on Monday Interpol has declined 646 Red Notice requests made by Turkey since a failed 2016 coup,...

Recent study reveals many children in Turkey suffer from malnutrition 

A recent study presented at the Turkish Pediatrics Congress last week revealed that one in every five children under the age of five in Turkey suffers from malnutrition, the Diken news website reported.  According...

Opposition politicians condemn detention of 37 for helping families of jailed Gülen followers

Two opposition politicians have condemned a recent Bartın-based operation conducted in four provinces in which 37 people were detained on terrorism charges of helping...

Turkish authorities impose advertising ban on daily over criticism of Syria incursion

Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating public-funded advertisements in the media, has imposed a 19-day advertising ban on the...

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