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ECtHR gives notice to Ankara over reassignment of 169 judges before 2016 coup

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Monday gave notice to the Turkish government on cases concerning the reassignment of 169 judges in...

Twitter flags Turkish interior minister’s tweets targeting LGBT community

Twitter has restricted access to two recent tweets by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu that referred to LGBT people as "perverts," saying the tweets...

Police detain dozens of students protesting arrest of colleagues over LGBT poster

Dozens of arrests were made in İstanbul on Monday after riot police dispersed students who tried to hold a demonstration outside Boğaziçi University protesting...

Alleged torture at Ankara Police Department prompts appeal to UN body

The International Association for Human Rights Advocacy in Geneva (IAHRA GENEVA) has filed an appeal with the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) concerning...

Staunchly pro-Erdoğan prosecutor climbing judicial career ladder quickly

Cevheri Güven Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed İrfan Fidan as a new judge to serve on the Constitutional Court. Fidan, known for his...

Parents imprisoned, 11-year-old diagnosed with leukemia

Hakan Dağdeviren, an 11-year-old boy whose parents are imprisoned as part of a crackdown in Turkey targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, has...

Thousands of lives ruined in continuing crackdown on Gülen movement in 2020: report

According to Human Rights Watch, the largest group targeted by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan consists of people alleged to have links to the Gülen...

Final nail in the coffin of Christian properties in Turkey: Armenian church put up for sale

Alin Ozinian The Armenian Catholic Church of St. Gregory in Turkey’s northwestern province of Bursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, was put up...

Prosecutor seeks lesser sentence for policeman who killed 15-year-old boy

A Turkish prosecutor on Friday demanded a lesser sentence for a police officer who caused the death of Berkin Elvan during the 2013 Gezi...

3 main opposition MPs resign due to disagreement over party policies

Three lawmakers from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have announced their resignations from the party over a disagreement with CHP leadership and...

Turkey’s foreign deficit grew by 69.1 pct in 2020: TurkStat

Turkey’s foreign trade deficit surged 69.1 percent in 2020, increasing from $29.5 billion to $49.9 billion according to the general trade system, another indicator...

Turkey now has 128 cases of new COVID-19 variant in 17 cities

One hundred twenty-eight cases of a new and potentially more contagious COVID-19 variant have been detected in 17 cities across Turkey, Turkish Health Minister...

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