Jailed İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu to receive 2026 Paweł Adamowicz Award
Ekrem İmamoğlu, İstanbul’s jailed mayor and a leading opposition figure in Turkey, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Paweł Adamowicz Award for...
Anti-LGBT rhetoric becomes pillar of Erdogan’s election campaign
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s May 14 election campaign is based solely on claims that the opposition is collaborating with terrorists and will grant...
One in every four journalists in Turkey suffered physical violence in 2020: report
One out of every four journalists was subjected to physical violence and half of them received threats in 2020, a report recently released by...
Turkish court sentences academic Ersanlı to 1 year, 3 months in prison over peace...
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced Prof. Dr. Büşra Ersanlı, who was tried for having signed a peace petition titled “We will not be...
[UPDATE] French journalist detained in İstanbul during protests released
A French journalist detained for covering a pro-Kurdish protest in İstanbul who was facing possible deportation has been released, he told Agence France-Presse on Wednesday.
Raphael Boukandoura,...
Erdoğan leads prayers at Hagia Sophia on eve of fight for political life
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan led prayers at Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia mosque on Saturday before entering the election battle of his political life...
Turkey to examine lifting opposition MPs’ immunity
The Turkish parliament will examine lifting some opposition lawmakers' immunity, its speaker said on Wednesday, as a pro-Kurdish party comes under renewed pressure from...
Turkish court rules for continuation of pretrial detention of jailed Zaman journalists
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Friday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of 19 journalists, former employees of the Zaman...
2 YouTube journalists indicted on charges of insulting Erdoğan in street interviews
Turkish prosecutors have indicted two YouTube journalists and an interviewee on charges of insulting the president and denigrating the religious values of a segment...
At least 65 detained in operation targeting Kurdish politicians
Turkish police on Tuesday detained at least 65 people in raids across Turkey in operations targeting Kurds ahead of a critical presidential runoff on...
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