Turkey’s ruling AKP pushes ahead with bill to allow construction of hotels in national...
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has advanced a controversial bill that would allow the construction of hotels and tourism facilities inside national...
Turkish court sentences journalist Ali Ünal to 19,5 years in prison over alleged Gülen...
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak acquitted Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily,...
Jailed Kurdish journalists preparing to file application at ECtHR due to lack of indictment...
Sixteen Kurdish journalists who were put in pre-trial detention in southeastern Turkey in June are planning to file an application at the European Court...
Turkish intelligence agency MIT conducts covert surveillance at US funeral to identify Erdogan critics:...
The Turkish intelligence agency covertly conducted surveillance on US soil to identify individuals, including many American citizens, critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government,...
İstanbul police want abortion records for use in investigations about insulting president
The İstanbul Police Department has asked the provincial healthcare authority to provide it with a list of women who had abortions or sought treatment...
Video shows Turkey’s Erdoğan pressuring party officials to ensure HDP remains under election threshold
Turkish President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged his party’s local officials to ensure that the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...
Late-stage cancer patient arrested over Gülen links
Refik Yeşil, 68, a late stage cancer patient, was arrested on Monday on terrorism charges for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Int’l law associations: Turkey in breach of its international law obligations
International law associations have sent a joint letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calling on him and the Turkish government to ensure and...
Turkish civil society figures go on trial over 2013 Gezi Park protests
Sixteen leading Turkish civil society leaders appeared in court on Monday, accused of seeking to overthrow the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the...
Rights groups call for release of 87-year-old ailing man jailed on Gülen links
Human rights groups have campaigned on social media urging Turkey’s authorities to release Adem Cirit, an 87-year-old inmate who has been convicted of links...
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