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Turkey’s media watchdog fines 2 TV stations due to critical reporting

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, has fined two TV stations due to their content critical of ruling...

Turkey marks World Press Day amid continued harassment, intimidation of journalists

Today is World Press Freedom Day, when freedom of the press and its importance for the democratization of a society is honored, but many...

Majority of Turks think AKP gov’t favors the rich: Metropoll survey

An overwhelming majority of Turks, 68.3 percent, think President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is the party of the rich,...

Veteran Turkish journalist known for reports on state repression of Kurds dies at 68

Celal Başlangıç, a respected Turkish journalist known for his fearless reporting on human rights violations of Kurds in the 1990s, died early Friday morning...

29 detained in house raids in Ä°stanbul over May Day protests: minister

Turkish police on Friday detained 29 people who had resisted law enforcement on Wednesday in an attempt to hold a demonstration in İstanbul’s central...

Turkish court acquits 2 human rights activists who recognized Armenian ‘genocide’

Two human rights activists from a leading rights organization in Turkey have been acquitted of insult charges against the Turkish nation and government due...

182 released from custody, 35 referred to court among May Day detainees in Ä°stanbul

Among 217 people who were detained during May Day demonstrations in Ä°stanbul on Wednesday, 182 have been released from police custody, while 35 have...

Opposition, labor unions under fire for leaving May Day march due to police blockade

May Day events in İstanbul were marked by tension and controversy when the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and labor unions decided to...

Teacher abducted from Kyrgyzstan recounts torture, death threats in custody: report

A report drafted by a bar association in Turkey has revealed how a Turkish educator renditioned to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan by Turkish intelligence in 2021...

Former CHP leader faces prison for insulting ex-minister implicated in graft probe

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the former leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), is facing a prison sentence of up to 26 months on...

Turkish police detained 210 people at May Day demonstrations in Ä°stanbul: minister

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 210 people after authorities banned May Day rallies at Ä°stanbul's central Taksim Square, said Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, Agence...

Police detain dozens during May Day demonstrations in Ä°stanbul

Turkish police on Wednesday detained dozens of people attempting to tear down barricades in various districts of Ä°stanbul after authorities banned May Day demonstrations...

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