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 court rules for continuation of imprisonment of pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş
The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court ruled on Friday for a continuation of the imprisonment of Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish...
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...
Turkish court refuses to release Zaman journalist Ünal after 18 months in jail
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and a former columnist for...
Turkey’s new judges, prosecutors give Erdoğan standing ovation at palace ceremony
New judges and prosecutors who went to the Turkish presidential palace on Monday for balloting that will determine their work assignments stood up and...
Parliamentary body receives only summary of Turkish lawmakers’ meeting with PKK leader
A special parliamentary body on Thursday received only a four-page summary of a recent meeting between Turkish lawmakers and jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
RSF calls on Turkish authorities to end censorship of earthquake coverage
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Turkish authorities to put an end to all obstacles to press freedom and to respect the investigative...
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