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Court releases all defendants jailed over alleged sexual abuse of interns in Turkish Parliament

A court in Ankara on Thursday ordered the release of four jailed defendants standing trial over allegations that high school interns were sexually abused...

Turkish court gives three men life sentences over 2013 Reyhanlı bombings

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced three men to 53 aggravated life and 3,921 years in prison each on various charges over the 2013...

Turkey opens antitrust investigation into Meta over WhatsApp AI access

Turkey’s competition authority has opened an investigation into Meta Platforms over whether the company used WhatsApp to give its own artificial intelligence service an...

Lawmaker asks why Turkish Parliament withheld report on 2016 coup attempt

A lawmaker from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party has asked Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş to explain why a parliamentary report on a failed coup in...

Turkey’s annual inflation edged up to 32.6 percent in May

Turkey’s annual inflation rate rose slightly in May to 32.6 percent from 32.4 percent in April, official figures showed Friday. Consumer prices increased 1.7 percent...

Germany’s SPD visits ousted CHP leader in show of solidarity amid party crisis

A delegation from Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) visited Turkey’s elected main opposition leader Özgür Özel late Thursday in a show of solidarity after...

Niger junta chief discusses defense ties in Turkey on first overseas trip

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met Thursday with Niger’s military ruler, Abdourahamane Tiani, for talks focused on defense and security cooperation. Tiani arrived in Ankara...

US congressional commission spotlights Turkey’s authoritarian rule and rights abuses

Turkey is moving toward full authoritarian rule as the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan intensifies its crackdown on political opposition, independent media, civil...

ECtHR asks Turkey about alleged rights violations in post-coup dismissals

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated to the Turkish government questions regarding applications alleging rights violations in the dismissal of a group of...

Rights groups say impunity remains entrenched in Turkey as civil society faces growing pressure

A coalition of Turkish and European rights groups has warned that impunity for human rights violations remains deeply entrenched in Turkey, while civil society...

[OPINION] A new alarm on Turkey in Washington: Why Congress’s latest hearing matters

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Human rights hearings on Capitol Hill do not directly shape US foreign policy. Yet anyone familiar with Washington knows they often help...

Turkey’s broadly defined unemployment remained above 30 pct in April

Turkey’s broadly defined unemployment rate remained above 30 percent in April, official data showed, indicating continued strain in the labor market despite only a...

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