Turkey’s top court rejects delay to HDP closure ruling
Turkey’s top court has rejected a pro-Kurdish opposition party’s request to defer until after May elections a trial that could end in the party’s...
Kurdish journalist gets suspended sentence on terror charges brought for moderating TV program
A Turkish court on Thursday handed down a suspended sentence to Kurdish journalist Rahime Karvar on conviction of terrorism-related charges, according to the Expression...
6 arrested in probe into İstanbul Municipality’s digital platforms
Six people have been arrested as part of an investigation into the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality over its digital platforms “İstanbul Senin” (İstanbul Is Yours)...
Video catches Turkish police brutally beating 2 handcuffed detainees
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A video shared by the pro-government İhlas news agency (İHA) shows two handcuffed men being beaten by police in the Dikili district of Turkey's...
2 Turks arrested in US for attack outside Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington D.C.
Two Turkish men resident in the United States have been arrested by US Marshals for their role in the beating of protesters outside the...
52.3 pct of Turks are against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: survey
A survey conducted by pollster Metropoll has revealed that 52.3 percent of Turks are against the government's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention,...
İmamoğlu joins list of jailed opponents of President Erdoğan
İstanbul’s now-deposed mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has become the latest Turkish politician or activist opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to fall afoul of the...
Man arrested for criticizing President Erdoğan and Turkish gov’t in street interview
A man who criticized the Turkish government's policies in a street interview was arrested on Thursday for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and "inciting...
Almost 60,000 cases filed against Turkish Prime Ministry over state of emergency decrees
A total of 57,679 cases were filed against state of emergency decree-laws in 2017, the Prime Ministry Office’s activity report for the year has...
Rights groups urge Turkey to release seriously ill inmate
Human rights groups in Turkey have called for the immediate release of Fatma Tokmak, a seriously ill inmate at Istanbul’s Bakırköy Women’s Prison, accusing...
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