Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential decree, in the latest...
Turkey remains ‘not free’ according to Freedom House annual report
Turkey remains in the “not free” category in the “Freedom in the World 2020” report published by the Washington-based Freedom House on Wednesday.
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Rights lawyer attacked by member of far-right party after İstanbul bombing should be protected,...
Mary Lawlor, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights, said in a tweet on Wednesday that lawyer and Human Rights Association (İHD) member...
Georgia trying to shut down private university at the request of Turkish gov’t
Georgian authorities have reportedly tried to close the private International Black Sea University (IBSU), which was founded in 1995 in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi,...
14 detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish authorities have detained 14 active-duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to their alleged links to the Gülen...
Thousands of people fell victim to gun violence in Turkey last year
Thousands of people in Turkey fell victim to gun violence in 2023, the T24 news website reported, citing a report by the Umut (Hope)...
Turkish Interior Minister Soylu labels all NGOs and bar associations in Southeast as PKK...
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, who was transferred by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from the Democratic Party (DP) as he was the leader...
EU’s Tusk and Juncker to meet Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan in March
Top European Union officials will meet Turkish autocratic President Tayyip Erdoğan in Bulgaria on March 26 to discuss EU-Turkey relations as well as regional...
Journalists, human rights activist given suspended sentences on terror charges in Özgür Gündem trial
A Turkish court on Monday handed down suspended sentences to three journalists and prominent human rights activist Eren Keskin who were tried on charges...
Two Turks arrested after glider crash off Greek island
Two Turkish citizens who managed to enter Greece illegally on a motorized paraglider were arrested after crashing off Evia Island, Agence France-Presse reported on...
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