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Leaked documents expose Sweden’s secretive asylum policy for Erdoğan critics

Leaked documents accessed by Dagens ETC journalists have revealed that Sweden secretly altered its immigration procedures to deny or delay asylum or residency to...

Court says lack of evidence reason for acquittal of police officers in lawyer’s murder trial

A Turkish court that last month acquitted three police officers accused of killing a prominent human rights lawyer has said in its reasoned decision...

Turkish Airlines office in Tehran closed after employees defy Iran’s headscarf law: report

Police in Iran shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the capital of Tehran after female employees there apparently refused to wear the mandatory...

More than one-fifth of Turks receive gov’t assistance: report

The number of people experiencing financial difficulty in Turkey increased dramatically in the first five months of 2024, with households receiving government assistance seeing...

Int’l press groups call on Turkey to reinstate Açık Radyo’s license

The International Press Institute (IPI) and a number of press freedom organizations have condemned a decision by Turkish authorities to revoke the broadcasting license...

Gov’t pressures French schools in Turkey after France rejects Ankara-run Maarif schools

The Turkish Ministry of Education has intensified its scrutiny of French schools in Turkey following France’s refusal to allow the Turkish Maarif Foundation to...

7 migrants perish in boat tragedy off Turkish coast

A life raft carrying migrants crashed into rocks off Turkey’s Aegean coastal town of Çeşme on Tuesday, killing seven people on board, the Turkish...

ECtHR finds no public officials at fault in 2015 Ankara bombings

In a development likely to cause great disappointment among families of the victims of Turkey’s deadliest terrorist attack, the European Court of Human Rights...

Turkey is 18th most populous among 194 countries: TurkStat

Turkey has been ranked the 18th most populous country in the world, with a population of over 85 million, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Lawyer for jailed businessman Kavala again seeks retrial after several rejections

After the Turkish Justice Ministry rejected jailed businessman Osman Kavala’s fourth request for a retrial last week, one of his lawyers once again petitioned...

TurkStat raises eyebrows with ‘unrealistic’ prices it uses to calculate inflation

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), which is accused of underreporting Turkey’s inflation figures, is using prices for its basket of 100 items of goods...

Int’l rights groups call on EU to do more for media freedom, human rights in Turkey

Prominent press organizations and rights groups have in a joint letter called on the European Commission and the new European Parliament to strengthen their...

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