State-run bank agrees to pay quake aid to purge victim after outrage
Turkey’s state-run Vakıfbank, which had blocked assistance to the victim of a recent earthquake on the grounds that she was fired in a purge...
Turkish gov’t detains closed Zaman daily’s lawyer Odabaşı over Gülen links
Turkish police detained now-closed Zaman daily's lawyer Ali Odabaşı allegedly as he was trying to escape persecution of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
Prosecutors seek prison sentences on terrorism charges in İstanbul bar officials’ trial
Prosecutors are seeking prison sentences on terrorism charges for İstanbul Bar Association President İbrahim Kaboğlu and members of the bar’s executive board, accusing them...
Turkey detains 126 in operation targeting Kurds ahead of critical elections
Turkey on Tuesday detained 126 pro-Kurdish activists, journalists and lawyers in raids conducted just three weeks before a knife-edge vote that could extend President...
Turkish gov’t imposes record number of advertising bans on opposition newspapers in 2020
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, in 2020 imposed 88 percent of its...
Turkish gov’t slams US over its annual report on religious freedom
The Turkish government slammed a US report on international religious freedom on Wednesday, describing its section on Turkey as "baseless claims."
The US State Department...
Over 70 violations against Kurdish language and culture recorded in Turkey in 2025: report
At least 70 violations targeting Kurdish language and culture were documented in Turkey in 2025, spanning public spaces, media, arts and prisons, according to...
17 more detained in operation targeting Kurdish politicians ahead of critical elections
Turkish police on Tuesday detained at least 17 people in raids in İstanbul in another operation targeting Kurds ahead of critical presidential and parliamentary...
Turkey’s terrorism financing law targeting freedom of association draws concern from UN
UN special rapporteurs in a joint letter sent to the Turkish government on February 11 expressed serious concern about Turkey’s new terrorism financing legislation...
Police detain Turkish labor union members demanding reinstatement of dismissed workers
Turkish police detained 13 members of the Confederation of Public Workers Unions (KESK) on Monday as they staged a protest demanding the reinstatement of...
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