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Restrictions on use of Kurdish under spotlight as TV presenter slams guest for speaking ‘Eastern language’

Disapproval of the use of Kurdish has been high on the agenda in Turkey this week, with a popular TV host criticizing her guest...

Turkish troops leave Kabul, abandoning hopes for airport

Turkey said Wednesday it had started pulling troops out of Afghanistan, apparently abandoning plans to help secure Kabul's strategic airport, Agence France-Presse reported. Ankara had...

2 Syrians tortured by Turkish gendarmes after attempt to cross border: SOHR

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Tuesday that it obtained a video showing two men with cuts and bruises on their...

No developments in Ankara on new S-400 missile contract: report

There are no developments regarding a new contract to supply Ankara with additional S-400 air defense units in the near future, according to Deutsche Welle...

Turkey’s top appeals court rules retweeting ‘insulting post’ constitutes a crime

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Monday decided that retweeting a social media post that had insulted a public officer constituted a crime, the...

Police detain Boğaziçi University students protesting appointment of another pro-gov’t rector

İstanbul police detained eight university students on Monday for protesting the appointment of Naci İnci as the new rector of Boğaziçi University in a...

8 Turkish citizens seek political asylum in Greece: report

Eight Turkish citizens who fled their homeland in a small sailboat have sought political asylum in Greece, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing...

Men identifying themselves as police attempt to abduct Yüksel Street protestor

A former public servant previously dismissed from her job with an executive decree said a group of men identifying themselves as police tried to...

IMF allocates $6.4 billion in special drawing rights to Turkey

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent special drawing rights (SDR) program gave Turkey’s foreign currency reserves a $6.4 billion boost on Monday. The SDRs, an...

Turkey’s Abuse of INTERPOL: How Erdoğan Weaponized the International Criminal Police Organization for Transnational Repression

The Stockholm Center for Freedom on Tuesday published a report focusing on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has abused INTERPOL...

83-year-old prominent Turkish actor faces 5 years’ imprisonment on Erdoğan insult charges

The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office submitted an indictment requesting between one year, two months and four years, eight months’ imprisonment for prominent Turkish actor...

Inmate suffering from stage four cancer in Kandıra Prison unable to see doctor for 8 months

An inmate with stage four cancer cannot access proper healthcare and has not been taken to a hospital for the past eight months, according...

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