Turkey seeks legislation to prevent exiled dissidents from claiming damages in its courts
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking to amend a law that allows anyone with legal capacity to file a lawsuit in the country, either personally...
Authoritarian trends consolidated, rule of law has further deteriorated in Turkey: German think tank
Authoritarian trends observed in Turkey in the last decade have been consolidated, while the rule of law has further deteriorated in the country, Turkish...
State of emergency victims in Turkey earn less than $150 a month: report
A report released by the Society of Justice for Victims has revealed that the average monthly income of some one and a half million...
CoE rapporteurs voice concern over Turkey’s local democracy after Kurdish mayor’s removal
David Eray and Bryony Rudkin, co-rapporteurs of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE), have expressed concern over...
Purged police officer dies after setting himself on fire
Ahmet Olgun, a former police officer who was fired from his job by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s massive post-coup purge of...
Yeni Asya journalists to be tried on terrorism charges arising from tweets and cartoons
Kazım Güleçyüz, the editor-in-chief of the critical Yeni Asya daily, and the paper’s cartoonist, İbrahim Özdabak, will stand trial on terrorism charges due to...
Gov’t proposes law restricting gender transition, criminalizing expression of LGBTQ+ identity
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is proposing sweeping legal changes that would restrict gender transition procedures and criminalize public expression of LGBTQ+ identity, according to a...
Far-right leader accuses medical union of being ‘separatist’ amid healthcare workers’ strike
Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has accused the Turkish Medical Association...
UPDATED: Journalist who interviewed harassed woman briefly detained in Ankara
The Ankara Police on Thursday briefly detained Artı Gerçek reporter Derya Okatan, who interviewed a woman allegedly harassed by a policeman during a peaceful...
Main opposition leader urges European support for Turkey’s democratic future
The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party has called on European lawmakers to show solidarity with Turkish democracy, in a speech in Brussels on...
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