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Turkey continues building new prisons to jail even more people
The Turkish government allocated 556 million lira (58 million euros) in the first quarter of 2021 for the construction of...
Scientists urge further COVID-19 measures in Turkey as daily cases exceed 50,000
The Turkish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (KLİMİK) has recommended five additional measures against the coronavirus in a...
Jailed rights advocate says he found document detailing strip-searches
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights advocate and former lawmaker who has shone a light on controversial topics including torture...
Opposition criticizes gov’t by ‘swinging the sword of the infidel,’ Turkey’s Erdoğan says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used a religious and ethnic slur to describe non-Muslims while condemning the main opposition...
France says Turkey ‘deliberately’ snubbed EU Commission chief
France's Europe Minister Clement Beaune said Sunday that Turkey had set a "trap" for European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen...
182 people killed, 371 maltreated, tortured in Turkey in March: report
Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in March included 182 deaths and 371 incidents of torture and maltreatment, with...
Putin calls on Erdoğan to preserve Bosporus treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to preserve an international convention, beneficial to...
Turkey hands down 4,820 prison sentences on coup charges since 2016
Turkish courts have thus far handed down prison sentences to 4,820 defendants in 287 cases on charges related to a...
Investigation launched over opposition billboards questioning sale of forex reserves
Alleging the insult of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Mudanya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the installation of billboards...
Only 30 pct of applicants granted unemployment benefits amid pandemic in 2021
Out of 194,369 people in Turkey who applied for unemployment benefits in the first three months of 2021, only 57,898...
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Ankara mayor breaks national Twitch record with 362K live viewers on...
Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş broke the national viewing record for a stream on Twitch, the Amazon-owned platform known for broadcasting video game play, on...