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Turkey deports 20 Syrian refugees after confiscating belongings: SOHR

Turkish authorities deported 20 Syrian refugees to the city of Ras Al-Ain in northern Syria on Aug. 22, forcing them to sign with their...

Top court orders retrial for opposition MP convicted for criticizing pro-gov’t businessman

Turkey's Constitutional Court has ordered a retrial in the case of an opposition lawmaker who received a suspended sentence for an opinion piece in...

Menendez’s chairmanship resignation ‘advantage’ for F-16 sale: Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the resignation of US Senator Bob Menendez from chairmanship of a Senate committee would help Turkey’s bid to...

Turkey’s justice minister accuses ECtHR of ‘exceeding authority’ in ruling on teacher

Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has slammed the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for faulting Turkey in the case of a teacher convicted...

ECtHR ruling on teacher puts more pressure on Turkey to restore rule of law

Fatma Zibak Turkey needs to halt the use of noncriminal actions to prosecute people on terrorism charges, amend its broad counterterrorism laws and take necessary...

ECtHR landmark decision finds Turkey failing to protect citizens’ fundamental rights, lawyer says

Bünyamin Tekin, Strasbourg A recent judgement by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerning Yüksel Yalçınkaya, a teacher convicted on terrorism charges, shows that...

ECtHR faults Turkey for conviction of teacher over Gülen links in landmark decision

Bünyamin Tekin, Strasbourg The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkish courts' conviction of a teacher of...

Opposition leader petitions top court claiming rights violations in probe over Gülen links

A nationalist opposition leader has filed an individual application with Turkey’s Constitutional Court claiming rights violations in an investigation into her over alleged links...

Journalist indicted on charges of insulting Erdoğan due to criticism on TV

Turkish prosecutors have indicted a journalist on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan due to his criticism of the president on TV, the...

Russian activist found dead in eastern Turkey

Russian feminist and anti-war activist Anastasia Yemelyanova was found dead in eastern Turkey on Sunday, according to a statement from a friend and Russian...

Court bans more online content upon demand from controversial jurist

A Turkish court has imposed an access ban on 17 more news reports concerning bribery allegations made by a mobster against a member of...

LGBTI+ rights group faces complaint over advertisement shot in the Marmaray  

A criminal complaint has been filed against Kaos GL, one of the oldest LGBTI+ rights groups in Turkey, over an advertisement filmed inside a...

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