Turkish Embassy spied on critical journalist in Denmark, helped build false criminal case, secret...
Abdullah Bozkurt
The Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen profiled and monitored a Denmark-based Turkish journalist who was critical of the government in Ankara and had been...
Corruption is entrenched in presidential system in Turkey, opposition leader says
Former Turkish prime minister and current leader of the opposition Future Party (GP) Ahmet Davutoğlu has sharply criticized the country’s presidential system of governance,...
Turkey’s top court says Erdoğan had right to withdraw from women’s treaty
In a move likely to spark a fresh wave of protests from women’s rights groups, Turkey’s top administrative court on Tuesday ruled that President...
Turkey’s top court will review discriminatory law on release of prisoners
The Turkish Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday to review the constitutionality of legislation on the execution of sentences that was recently approved by parliament...
Far-right leader sentenced to more than 2 years, released after 148 days in pretrial...
Ümit Özdağ, the head of Turkey’s ultranationalist Victory Party, was released due to time served from İstanbul’s Silivri Prison on Monday after being sentenced...
Kavala says prosecution knew he hadn’t dined with Barkey at İstanbul restaurant
Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and rights activist who was sentenced to aggravated life in April, has said the prosecutors who drafted an indictment...
Inmate dies from COVID-19 at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: statement
The İstanbul Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday announced the death of an inmate at Silivri Prison from COVID-19, adding that the number...
Young adults drive Turkey’s emigration surge as economic hardship deepens
Young adults are leading the growing wave of emigration from Turkey as economic hardship worsens, youth unemployment reaches record highs and optimism about the...
Don’t bother sending us ‘ordinary’ criminals, Turkey tells Sweden: report
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ announced that Turkey has no expectations from Sweden regarding the extradition of “ordinary” criminals, with the first committee meeting...
Turkey detains hundreds in renewed anti-Gülenist frenzy after COVID outbreak
Turkish authorities on June 9 ordered the detention of hundreds of people, military and civilian alike, as part of a massive crackdown targeting the...
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