Authorities cut basic services of residents protesting urban transformation project in Istanbul neighborhood
Authorities have cut water, electricity and gas services in homes in Istanbul's Fetihtepe district, which has been the center of social tension as residents...
Turkish woman detained due to Gülen links shortly after delivery in Bursa
Elif Aslaner, a religious education teacher, who gave birth to a baby on Wednesday at a private hospital in Bursa, was detained due to...
European rights court rules Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by restricting visits and phone calls
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey violated prisoners' right to respect for their private and family life by...
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...
3 Kurdish writers detained in house raids in Turkey
Three Kurdish writers have been detained in early-morning house raids in İstanbul and southeastern Turkey, Turkish Minute reported on Wednesday.
Writers Mevlüt Aykoç, Sami Tan...
Civil society organizations call on European Union to end containment at external borders
On the fifth anniversary of the EU-Turkey migration deal, eight European civil society organizations (CSOs) have called in a joint letter for an end...
Former officer fatally shot by police while trying to flee persecution in Turkey
Sedat Türkmen, a former police officer who was fired by an emergency decree as part of Turkey's post-coup purge of state institutions, died of...
Turkey seeks retrial of 87 left-wing opposition members over Red Crescent tent sale protests
Turkish prosecutors have appealed the acquittal of 87 opposition party members who were prosecuted for protesting the Red Crescent’s sale of tents to a...
Sole caretaker of disabled elderly woman detained for alleged Gülen links
Mustafa Said Muğla, the main caretaker for his disabled mother, was detained on Monday in Turkey’s western Manisa province for alleged links to the...
Venice Commission: Emergency decree laws obstruct local democracy in Turkey
The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s (COE) expert body on legal and constitutional affairs, stated on Friday that Turkey’s emergency decree laws, which were...
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