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AFP photojournalist indicted for insulting police officers who brutally detained him

Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Bülent Kılıç, who was brutally detained while covering the İstanbul Pride March in 2021, has been indicted on charges of...

Retired general sentenced to 7 years in prison in coup retrial

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of almost seven years to a retired general who was retried for allegedly taking part...

Prominent rights advocate to run for parliament again amid pressure from supporters

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and a prominent human rights advocate, has changed his mind and decided...

Turkish parliamentary commission approves Finland’s NATO bid

The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission approved a bill ratifying Finland's bid to join NATO, effectively taking Helsinki another step toward membership of the...

Candidates working to collect 100,000 signatures required to stand in presidential election

Eleven prospective candidates who want to run in the presidential election in Turkey on May 14 are trying to collect the 100,000 signatures necessary...

Turkey’s central bank holds interest rate unchanged at 8.5 percent

Turkey's central bank held its policy rate at 8.5 percent as expected on Thursday, saying it had become even more important to keep financial...

Erdoğan raises pensions in run-up to elections amid falling popularity

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced a TL 2,000 ($105) increase in pensions, bringing the lowest monthly pension to TL 7,500 ($393) as...

HDP to run in elections under banner of Green Left Party due to risk of closure

In a bid to circumvent the risks that could emerge from its possible closure ahead of the elections on May 14, Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’...

Turkey missing again in participant list of Biden’s Summit for Democracy

Turkey has again been left off the list of invitees to an online summit that will be hosted by US President Joe Biden March...

HRW calls on Turkey to investigate killing of 4 Kurdish civilians in Syria

New-York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Turkey to launch an “independent, transparent” investigation into the killing of four Kurdish civilians by...

US State Department starts reporting on Turkey’s transnational repression tactics

In its annual human rights report on Turkey, the US State Department has included the Turkish government’s transnational repression tactics to suppress its critics...

HRW calls on Turkey to suspend time limit on refugees’ travel outside quake zone

Turkey’s arbitrary decision to give refugees living in the provinces affected by the February 6, 2023 earthquakes only 60 days outside the region leaves many...

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