Turkey records 844 coronavirus-related deaths in last 5 months
Turkey has recorded 252,945 COVID-19 infections and 844 virus-related deaths in the last five months, the Evrensel daily reported, citing data from the Health...
German energy giant to finalize exit from Turkey due to currency crisis
German energy giant EWE is close to completing its exit from Turkey, poised to sell its assets in the country, the Habertürk daily reported...
European rights advocates say Council of Europe has abandoned its core mission
Human rights defenders and lawyers in Turkey and elsewhere are facing mounting pressure and persecution while the Council of Europe (CoE) remains largely silent,...
Turkey blocks 940 accounts, shuts down 93 Telegram groups after school attacks
Turkish authorities blocked access to 940 social media accounts and shut down 93 Telegram groups following two deadly school attacks as part of a...
UN-protected refugee deported to Turkey by Rwanda with his children
A Turkish refugee under United Nations protection was deported from Rwanda to Turkey on Saturday with his three children, following apparent pressure from the...
Turkish court sentences 2 prominent academics over peace petition
A Turkish court sentenced two prominent Turkish academics on Wednesday to one year, three months in prison on terrorism charges for signing a 2016...
Amnesty urges Turkey to release jailed journalist, stop abusing justice system to suppress dissent
Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to immediately release jailed journalist Merdan Yanardağ, who was arrested on espionage charges, and to stop using...
Former pro-Kurdish HDP lawmaker gets suspended sentence on insult charges
Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy, has been handed down a five-month suspended sentence for "insulting the state, the government...
More than a third of inmates in Europe are in Turkey’s prisons, CoE data...
Turkey is by far the leader in the number of prisoners in Europe, according to the 2022 Council of Europe (CoE) Annual Penal Statistics...
Turkish court gives suspended jail sentences to 3 academics over Kurdish peace petition
A Turkish court sentenced three academics on Friday to suspended prison terms on terrorism charges for signing a 2016 petition calling for an end...
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