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Turkey’s purge victims hold protest in front of UN’s İstanbul Office

Victims of a massive government purge that took place in Turkey in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016 held a demonstration...

Boğaziçi students join victims of Turkey’s strip-searches, deposition shows

Some students who were detained during demonstrations in protest of the appointment of a rector to the İstanbul-based Boğaziçi University by Turkish President Recep...

Court accepts indictment against jailed Kurdish leaders over Kobani protests

A Turkish court has accepted an indictment naming 108 people including jailed Kurdish leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ in connection to street protests...

Turkey faced ‘pandemic of injustice’ on top of COVID-19 in 2020, report reveals

A report by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) points out a series of unlawful practices in 2020 that violated citizens’ rights to...

Turkey says following developments in Washington, DC, with concern

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has released a statement expressing its concerns about the invasion of the US Capitol by supporters of outgoing President Donald...

Top court rejects US pastor’s petition, citing expiry of legal period for filing

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an individual petition claiming a violation of rights from a US pastor who was convicted on terrorism-related charges in...

Erdoğan puts intense pressure on NGOs with controversial new law

Alin Ozinian Turkey’s parliament on Dec. 27 passed a controversial bill that increases the monitoring of associations and foundations. Six out of the law’s 43...

Anti-gov’t journalist claims Erdoğan physically assaulted him by squeezing his neck

Serdar Akinan, an anti-government journalist living and working in Turkey, has alleged that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan committed a physical assault by squeezing his...

Fenerbahçe agrees in principle to sign midfielder Özil from Arsenal: report

Fenerbahçe will sign German midfielder Mesut Özil from Arsenal for three-and-a-half years for an undisclosed fee, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing Turkey’s private Demirören...

Boğaziçi protests against rector banned as 14 more detained on 3rd day of resistance

Resistance at the prestigious Boğaziçi University to the appointment of Professor Melih Bulu, a Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate from İstanbul in the...

2 teachers working at Gülen schools deported to Turkey from Ukraine

Two Turkish teachers who were detained in the Ukrainian city of Rava-Ruska on New Year’s Day have been deported to Turkey by Ukrainian authorities...

Opposition mayor says Erdoğan rejected his request for an appointment 57 times

The mayor of a northwestern Turkish province from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has 57 times...

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