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Turkish couple in financial straits commits suicide, leaving behind infant

Elvan and Ender Demir, a married couple in their 20s, have committed suicide in the Zeytinburnu district of İstanbul due to financial problems, leaving...

Turkish Parliament speaker rejects request for inquiry into torture allegations

Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mustafa Şentop returned a letter to human rights activist and lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, claiming that it contained “vulgar...

Social media platforms pose threat to Turkey’s sovereignty: AKP spokesman

Spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ömer Çelik called social media companies the source of digital fascism and digital dictatorship, saying...

Germany approved nearly half of asylum applications from Turkish citizens in 2020

Nearly 50 percent of the asylum applications filed in Germany by Turkish citizens in 2020 were approved, according to the German Interior Ministry, Deutsche...

Turkey restores parliamentary membership of opposition lawmaker

The Turkish Parliament on Thursday reinstated the parliamentary membership of Enis Berberoğlu, a politician from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) who was...

200,000 doses of ‘missing’ COVID-19 vaccine allegedly received by people close to AKP

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Murat Emir has claimed that nearly 200,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine received from China are "missing"...

Turkey sees record rise in number of civil servants under AKP rule

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which promised to downsize state institutions to reduce public spending when it first came to power in...

Nearly half of Turks want to live or study abroad, survey reveals

A total of 47.3 percent of Turks, including 34.3 percent of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) voters and 43 percent of supporters...

Turkey rejects US appeal to release civil society leader Kavala

Turkey on Thursday rejected a US call to release jailed civil society leader Osman Kavala, accusing Washington of interference, Agence France-Presse reported. Kavala, a businessman...

3 Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq

Three Turkish soldiers have died in a new offensive against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Agence France-Press reported,...

European rights court delivers verdict in Kurdish politicians’ case after 14 years

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has delivered its verdict in the case of 10 politicians from the now-closed People’s Democracy Party (HADEP)...

European lawmakers stand with prominent human rights activist Gergerlioğlu

A group of European lawmakers, academics and activists expressed solidarity with human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and...

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