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EP calls on Turkey to enforce ECtHR ruling for immediate release of Demirtaş

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday calling on Turkey to comply with a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...

Man abducted by Turkish police in broad daylight in İstanbul, family claims

The family of Gökhan Güneş, who has been missing since around noon on Wednesday, has alleged that he was abducted by police officers in...

Turkish Health Ministry allegedly singled out villages as ‘Alevi’ on map

The Turkish Ministry of Health has allegedly been using a map of northern Tokat province on which Alevi villages appear to be clearly marked,...

44 former judges, prosecutors face detention warrants over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 44 former judges and prosecutors over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish...

Pro-Erdoğan daily’s editor-in-chief targets widow of slain journalist Hrant Dink

Ali İhsan Karahasanoğlu, editor-in-chief of the pro-government radical Islamist Yeni Akit newspaper, targeted Rakel Dink, the widow of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, in his...

New pro-Kurdish party in Turkey faces uphill battle to gain official recognition

Cevheri Güven  Founders and executives of the pro-Kurdish Human and Freedom Party (PİA), including co-chair Mehmet Kamaç, have been protesting in front of Turkey’s Interior...

More than 27,000 people subjected to torture, maltreatment under AKP rule, report reveals

A report drafted by a main opposition party deputy detailing incidents of torture and maltreatment in Turkey since the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

Turkey to spend $298 million for construction of prisons in 2021

The Turkish government has allocated a total of TL 2.2 billion ($298 million) for the ongoing construction of 40 prisons and the building of...

8 people face up to 15 years in prison for aiding families of post-coup victims

An indictment drafted by Turkish prosecutors seeks a prison sentence of between seven-and-a-half and 15 years for eight people who were arrested in the...

Turkey’s state-owned enterprises lost $1.8 billion in 2019: report

Turkey’s state-owned enterprises suffered a loss of TL 13.7 billion ($1.85 billion) in 2019, a 24 percent increase over 2018, according to an audit...

Top court sees rights violation for second time in case of ex-opposition deputy

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled for a second time that former main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu’s right to stand for...

Journalist faces 2 years in prison on charges of insulting Turkish Parliament

Anti-government journalist Yılmaz Özdil from the Sözcü daily has been indicted on charges of insulting the Turkish Parliament because he used lowercase letters in...

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