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‘I fear for my life in here,’ says disabled bomb expert imprisoned on terrorism conviction

“I fear for my life in here,” said disabled former bomb disposal expert Bilal Konakçı in a letter he wrote from his prison cell...

AKP deputy says women are also to blame for male violence and femicide

Hülya Atçı Nergis, a deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said in a controversial remark that women also bear some guilt...

Turkish Twitter users commemorate Ankara train station bombing victims, demand justice

Turkish Twitter users have started a hashtag campaign yesterday commemorating the victims of bombings at the Ankara train station 2,000 days after they occurred...

Turkey registers highest number of daily infections since start of pandemic

Turkey on Thursday reported more than 40,000 new coronavirus infections, its highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic over a year ago,...

South African rights advocates vow to defend cause of Turkey’s expelled MP

Türkmen Terzi  Prominent human rights advocates from South Africa promised at an online event to support Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a pro-Kurdish MP who was expelled...

Turkey’s external debt hits record high of 62.8 pct of GDP in 2020

Turkey's external gross debt stocks, which amounted to $450 billion at end-2020, climbed to a record 62.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at...

1.5 million euros awarded to plaintiffs from Turkey by rights court in 2020

The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered Turkey to pay a total of 1,548,027 euros in awards to plaintiffs in 2020 after...

France says no place for Turkish Milli Görüş group which spurned charter

An influential Turkish religious association founded by the mentor of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has no place in France as it goes against French...

Erdoğan sacked top banker for questioning sale of FX under son-in-law’s tenure: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed Naci Ağbal as head of Turkey’s central bank just four months after his appointment because he was uneasy...

AKP bill requiring security investigation for state employment rejected by opposition

A 16-article bill proposed by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) which stipulates that applicants be required to undergo a security investigation and...

Prosecution of murder of journalist Hrant Dink remains unsatisfactory: CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Turkish authorities to conduct an impartial and depoliticized investigation into the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist  Hrant Dink...

Exit from Istanbul Convention splits Turkey’s women’s rights activists

Turkey's contentious withdrawal from a treaty combating gender-based violence has had a sympathetic response from at least one quarter: a top women's group that...

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