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Amnesty calls on CoE to tackle systemic failures enabling arbitrary detention of Kavala, Demirtaş

In a public letter addressed to the foreign ministers of Council of Europe (CoE) member states, Amnesty International on Tuesday asked for their support for...

Top court rules against putting state-run news agency under Erdoğan’s control

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled against a presidential decree that put Turkey’s oldest media institution, the Anadolu news agency, under the control of the...

Lawyer, detained for insulting AKP politician, arrested on Erdoğan insult charges

A lawyer who was detained earlier this week over a tweet he posted about controversial remarks made by a ruling Justice and Development Party...

Turkey’s top court fines gov’t for torture of Kurdish party chairman in police custody

Turkey’s top court has ruled in favor of İbrahim Halil Baran, chairman of the Kurdish Partiya Kurdistani (PAKURD), who submitted an individual application to...

Top EU official criticizes Turkey’s crackdown on pro-Kurdish HDP

A high-ranking official from the European Union has criticized Turkey for its growing pressure on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), dozens of whose...

US again urges Turkey not to retain S-400 missile system

The US Defense Department has said there has been no change in the US administration’s policy with respect to Turkey possessing a Russian missile...

Erdoğan expected to carry out Cabinet reshuffle within a month

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to carry out a Cabinet reshuffle to improve the tarnished image of his ruling Justice and Development...

Turkey detains scores of active duty TSK officers over Gülen links

Turkish police on Wednesday detained more than 140 people, most of whom are active duty Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) officers and former military cadets,...

Turkey to examine lifting opposition lawmakers’ immunity

The Turkish parliament will examine lifting some opposition lawmakers' immunity, its speaker said on Wednesday, as the pro-Kurdish party comes under renewed pressure from...

UN working group urges Turkey to release former cadet sentenced to life on coup charges

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has found that Ahmet Dinçer Sakaoğlu, one of 70 former air force cadets...

Swedish journalists call on Erdoğan to release jailed author Ahmet Altan

Sixteen journalists in Sweden including the heads of prominent journalism organizations have called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to take action for the...

AKP blamed for surge in COVID-19 cases due to crowded political rallies

The latest data released by Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca show that the number of coronavirus cases in Turkey has increased significantly within the...

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