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UN working group prioritizes case of doctoral student jailed in Turkey

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions (WGAD) accepted as “urgent” a petition from Cihan Erdal, 32, a doctoral student at Canada’s Carleton...

MEPs recommend suspending EU talks if negative trend is not reversed in Turkey

Members of the European Parliament in a report adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) on Thursday called on the European Commission to...

Turkey to begin producing Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Turkey will begin producing Sputnik V, Russia's vaccine against COVID-19, in the coming months, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced in a statement...

Turkey eyes tighter lockdown to save tourism season: report

Turkey’s cabinet will discuss imposing a tighter lockdown on Monday as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to prevent a second year of lost tourism...

Turkey registers 5 percent fall in military spending in 2020: SIPRI

There was a 5 percent drop in Turkey’s military expenditures last year, with its military spending falling to $17.7 billion in 2020 from $20.4...

Detention warrants issued for 532 active duty, former officers over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 459 active duty and 73 former military officers due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Turkey puts 108 Kurdish politicians on trial over deadly 2014 protests

Turkey on Monday put 108 Kurdish politicians on trial for their alleged roles in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as militants from the Islamic...

Turkish diplomats profiled Erdoğan critics in Turkmenistan

Turkish diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President Recep...

Turkish authorities unlawfully arrest woman with twin babies over alleged Gülen links

Turkish authorities yesterday arrested Merve Hande Kayış, the mother of three children including 13-month-old twins, for alleged links to the Gülen movement in violation...

Asylum applications from Turkish citizens in EU see 500 percent rise over past 5 years

There has been a 506 percent rise in the number of asylum applications in EU countries from Turkish citizens over the past five years,...

News editor for pro-gov’t TV station fired allegedly for reporting on opposition

Turkish television station Kanal D, owned by the pro-government Demirören Media Group, has fired prime-time news editor Mustafa Aşçıoğlu for covering public statements and...

Dismissed academic, killed in construction site accident, reinstated to post

Mustafa Çamaş, a prominent bioengineering professor fired from his job by a government decree in the aftermath of a coup attempt in Turkey in...

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