Cumhuriyet journalists’ lawyers appeal upcoming jail terms

The lawyers of eight former employees of the Cumhuriyet daily have appealed to an Istanbul court for the suspension of the execution of their...

Turkish police break man’s arm while detaining 47 protesters in Ankara

https://youtu.be/o3ScgsXiNu8 Turkish police on Sunday detained 47 people including 22 women in Ankara protesting the arrest of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two dismissed educators...

Washington Post: Erdoğan devoted half the 90-minute conversation with US ex-VP Biden to Zarrab’s...

Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had demanded Reza Zarrab's (a Turkish-Iranian gold dealer who is about to go on trial on money-laundering and fraud charges...

Turkey’s top court refuses to annul transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a decision by an İstanbul court to transfer to Saudi Arabia of the trial in absentia of suspects...

Former HDP deputy Aysel Tuğluk unable to access proper healthcare in prison, her lawyers...

Former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk has been denied access to proper healthcare in prison, her lawyers said in a written statement...

Facebook favors Erdoğan-related content over opposition news in Turkey

Turkey's online news outlet T24 published an article on Friday saying that when they have tried to boost the reach of content on Facebook...

Report documents sharp rise in LGBTQ rights violations in Turkey in 2025

Violations of the rights of LGBTQ people in Turkey rose sharply in 2025, including increased detentions, bans on public events and new barriers to...

Journalist reporting on child abuse in eastern Turkey detained

Journalist Sinan Aygül was detained on Tuesday on charges of "inciting hatred and hostility" after reporting on a child abuse incident in Turkey’s eastern...

Then-and-now photos of dismissed public servants reveal extent of Turkey’s purge

Former public servants have revealed on Twitter the extent of Turkey's post-coup purge by sharing "then-and-now photographs" of them in their new jobs as...

26 detained in İzmir bribery probe amid crackdown on Turkey’s main opposition

Turkish police on Thursday detained 26 municipal officials and employees in the western city of İzmir in a bribery investigation targeting a district municipality...
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