Turkish journalist Ahmet Altan tops ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases
Imprisoned Turkish journalist Ahmet Altan has topped the December ranking of the One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” list of press freedom cases,...
Expert report finds AFAD, local officials responsible for deaths in 2023 earthquakes
A new expert report in a case concerning a housing complex that collapsed in earthquakes that struck Turkey on February 6, 2023 has for...
Turkey’s earthquake survivors rescue belongings for uncertain future
“We don’t know when we’ll be able to come back,” said Bilal Jawir as he finished loading a van with his family’s things and...
Turkey’s top court denies release of former colonel suffering from advanced stage MS
Mustafa Özcan Çay, a former staff colonel convicted on coup charges, was denied release from prison by Turkey’s Constitutional Court despite his inability to...
Turkish lawmakers meet with Öcalan in landmark visit
Turkey’s parliament said Monday that a group of lawmakers met with Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of Kurdish militants, on İmralı Island, in the first officially...
Only 7 percent of UN’s $1 billion flash appeal funded: UN official
Only 7 percent of the $1 billion flash appeal launched by the UN to support millions of Turkish people affected by devastating earthquakes on...
79-year-old comedian appears in court on Erdoğan insult charges: report
Famous Turkish comedian Metin Akpınar, 79, appeared in an İstanbul court on Wednesday on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish Minute...
Turkish appeals court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy to 7 years in prison
A Turkish appeals court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Burcu Çelik Özkan to prison for alleged terrorism propaganda, according to a...
92 detained in week of operations targeting Gülen movement
Turkish authorities detained 92 people in a week of nationwide raids targeting alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish Minute reported on Saturday,...
Turkish police break up Int’l Women’s Day march, detain at least 10 in İstanbul
Turkish police used pepper spray to disperse hundreds of women who had gathered in İstanbul’s Taksim neighborhood on Wednesday evening for the 21st Feminist...
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