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Prison in northern Turkey unlawfully denies parole to inmates arrested over Gülen links

Inmates arrested for links to the Gülen movement are being denied release by the Amasya E Type medium security prison in northern Turkey despite...

Turkish Parliament adopts motion condemning US recognition of Armenian genocide

The Turkish Parliament on Tuesday adopted a motion condemning the recognition of the massacre of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire as...

Turkish opposition MP files criminal complaint against Biden over genocide recognition

A lawmaker from Turkey’s main opposition party has filed a criminal complaint against US President Joe Biden for recognizing the mass killings of Armenians...

Turkish gov’t slammed for announcing full lockdown without stimulus package

Senior opposition party members, critics and social media users have criticized the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) over the recent announcement of a...

Turkey’s banks reluctant to finance Erdoğan’s ‘crazy’ canal project: report

Some of Turkey’s biggest banks are reluctant to finance President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s planned İstanbul canal due to environmental concerns and the investment risks...

Far-right MP attacks Armenian lawmaker, threatens another genocide

A far-right, independent member of the Turkish Parliament has threatened a Turkish-Armenian lawmaker with facing yet another genocide amid debates over the recent recognition...

24 journalists detained, 4 arrested in Turkey in first quarter of 2021: report

Turkey arrested four members of the press in addition to detaining 24 others in the first three months of 2021, with COVID-19 adding to...

Turkey’s Armenians keep heads down after genocide recognition

Members of Turkey's tiny Armenian community have kept a low profile since US President Joe Biden recognized the Armenian genocide, fearing retribution should they...

Turkish court frees abused woman who killed husband

A Turkish woman who shot and killed her husband after years of violent abuse has been freed by a court that ruled that she...

More than 13,000 underage marriages took place in Turkey last year: report

A total of 13,740 underage marriages took place in Turkey in 2020, according to a report published by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on Friday, the...

Jailed journalist Ahmet Böken contracts COVID-19 in prison

Ali Ahmet Böken, 49, a veteran Turkish journalist and prominent broadcaster who has been in prison over alleged links to the Gülen movement since...

Opposition MP proposes Turkish parliament declare massacre of Armenians a genocide

Garo Paylan, an Armenian lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on Saturday submitted a motion asking the Turkish parliament to declare the...

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