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Pro-Kurdish party declines to present oral defense to top court in act of protest

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the subject of a closure case, has decided not to present an oral defense at the Constitutional Court...

Turkey’s elections are more vulnerable than Zimbabwe, Pakistan polls: Freedom House

According to an index newly created by Freedom House, Turkey's May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections are among the most vulnerable in the world,...

Turkey missing again in participant list of Biden’s Summit for Democracy

Turkey has again been left off the list of invitees to an online summit that will be hosted by US President Joe Biden March...

Kılıçdaroğlu visits pro-Kurdish party in parliament for his presidential bid

Turkey’s main opposition leader, the joint presidential candidate of an opposition bloc of six parties, met with officials from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Earthquake restrictions muzzle Turkish media ahead of elections: monitor

A state of emergency imposed in Turkey's earthquake-hit southeast is shackling reporters, a top media rights campaigner told AFP, expressing fears they will be...

[UPDATE] Flash floods kill at least 16 in Turkey’s earthquake zone

Flash floods killed at least 16 people living in tents and container housing set up across Turkey's quake-hit southeast on Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reported,...

International appeal urges Turkish gov’t to end legal assault on HDP

Well-known leftist politicians and activists from around the world have called on the Turkish government to halt its legal attacks on the country’s pro-Kurdish...

Turkey remains ‘not free’ in 2023 Freedom House report

Turkey remains in the "not free" category in the "Freedom in the World 2023" report released Thursday by the Washington-based Freedom House. Turkey is rated...

Turkey’s once irreconcilable political factions unite in opposition to Erdoğan

A Turkish flag with an image of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, hangs over the headquarters of an Islamist political party. Turkey's...

Turkey’s opposition bloc convenes to choose their presidential candidate

Six leaders from a bloc of opposition parties in Turkey convened on Thursday to finally determine their presidential candidate only two-and-a-half months before the...

European judges association, Belgian law firm, NGO take Turkey’s alleged crimes against humanity to ICC

Bünyamin Tekin, The Hague A law firm and two nongovernmental organizations advocating human rights and the rule of law have sent a communication to the...

Journalist becomes first press member in Turkey convicted under controversial media law

A local journalist in eastern Turkey has become the first member of the press to be convicted under Turkey’s controversial new media law for...

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