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Turkish police detain 10 for attending Pride march in central Turkey

Turkish police on Sunday detained 10 people at a Pride march in the central province of Eskişehir despite a ban imposed by the governor’s...

Turkey’s unemployment rate drops to 8.5 percent in April: TurkStat

Turkey's unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points month-on-month to 8.5 percent in April, according to Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) data. TurkStat released its “Labor Force...

Erdoğan-affiliated party fails to win seat in European Parliament

A newly established Turkish-Islamist political party in Germany accused of having links to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan failed to receive enough votes to win...

Turkey’s justice minister says removal of Erdoğan’s portrait ‘attack’ on national unity

Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has criticized the removal of a portrait of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from a municipal building in the predominantly Kurdish...

İmamoğlu’s election as chair of union of municipalities fuels crisis within AKP

The election of popular İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu as president of Turkey’s Union of Municipalities (TBB) has led to a crisis within the ruling...

Top court finds no rights violation in deportation of Protestant clergy from Turkey

The Constitutional Court has concluded that Turkey has not committed any rights violations in deportations or entry bans imposed on grounds of a risk...

Ministry denies request to probe bar association over criticism of Turkey’s military ops

Turkey's Justice Ministry has denied a request from prosecutors to launch an investigation into bar association executives in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır...

Turkey detains 72 people over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police have detained 72 people across 17 provinces over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Stcokholm Center for Freedom reported,...

Int’l jurist groups call for justice in murder case of Kurdish human rights lawyer

A total of 33 NGOs from across the world have released a joint statement concerning the trial concerning the murder of prominent human rights lawyer...

Protestant churches in Turkey highlight rising rights violations

The Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey has released its “2023 Rights Violations Monitoring Report,” highlighting increasing challenges and rights violations faced by the...

More than a third of inmates in Europe are in Turkish prisons, CoE data reveal

Turkey is by far the leader in the number of prisoners in Europe, according to the 2023 Council of Europe (CoE) Annual Penal Statistics...

Governor’s office requests statement from anti-refugee mayor over alleged discrimination

The governor’s office of the western Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar has requested a written statement from the Afyonkarahisar mayor, known for her anti-refugee views, over...

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