Critical Saudi journalist Khashoggi goes missing in Turkey
Friends and relatives of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington-based Saudi journalist known for being a vocal critic of the Saudi leadership, said that they lost...
Minors questioned about prayers on third day of surreal terror trial
Fourteen high school girls are on trial in İstanbul for alleged membership in a terrorist organization as part of a decade-long crackdown on the...
Human rights violations cannot be considered the internal affairs of a country, says former...
Former European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judge Rıza Türmen said human rights violations are not the internal affairs of a country and that...
Turkish police once again stop ‘Saturday Mothers’ protest for disappeared people
Turkish riot police on Saturday stopped a group known as the Saturday Mothers, who have gathered every week since the 1980s to silently protest...
34 women killed by men, 20 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Thirty-four women were murdered by men in Turkey in September, and 20 more died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported.
Of...
Prison authorities encourage communal religious activities while restricting any other group activity due to...
An inmate in İzmir F-type Prison said prison authorities allow and encourage communal religious activities while restricting all other group activities due to COVID-19.
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Turkish opposition, NGOs commemorate victims of Ankara massacre
Thousands of people across Turkey, including representatives from trade unions and opposition parties, on Wednesday commemorated the third anniversary of a deadly terrorist attack...
Turkish gov’t vows to continue to crackdown on his movement after Gülen’s death
Turkish government officials have voiced their determination to continue to target followers of the Gülen movement following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish-Islamic...
Court denies abducted teacher’s request for investigation into torture allegations
Ankara’s 1st Penal Court of Peace has rejected the appeal of Zabit Kişi, 48, whose request for an investigation into his allegations of torture...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan pours lots of cash into Turkey’s intelligence agency
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), the main clandestine tool the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using to transform Turkey into...
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