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İstanbul Governor’s Office again bans Armenian genocide commemoration

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has for the fourth consecutive year denied permission to hold a ceremony marking April 24, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the...

Turkish national among 10 killed in Pakistan mine attack, officials say

A Turkish national was among 10 people killed during an attack on a copper and gold mining project in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials...

Turkey votes to ban social media use for under-15s

The Turkish parliament voted on Wednesday to prevent children under the age of 15 from accessing social media platforms, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Turkey proposes mandatory identity checks for social media, raising press freedom concerns

Turkey’s Ministry of Justice is drafting a bill requiring social media users to verify their identity through a government system, expanding state oversight of...

Turkey deepened rights crackdown, impunity in 2025: Amnesty International

Turkey saw worsening restrictions on human rights, mounting prosecutions of rights defenders, growing political pressure on the judiciary and a deepening culture of impunity...

Turkey moves to deport Palestinian woman arrested after anti-US protest over Gaza

A Palestinian woman jailed after taking part in a protest outside the US Consulate General in İstanbul against Washington’s support for Israel’s destruction of...

Turkey’s media regulator fines 3 TV stations, suspends programs over content rulings

Turkey’s media regulator has imposed fines and program suspensions on three television stations over content it said violated broadcasting rules, including remarks targeting an...

CPJ urges Turkey to stop using disinformation law against journalists

Turkish authorities must end their improper and excessive use of the country’s disinformation law to target journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said...

Turkey to dramatically expand biometric, GPS tracking in judicial monitoring

The Turkish Justice Ministry is preparing to replace police station sign-ins for many people under judicial supervision with a phone-based biometric and GPS tracking...

Former governor arrested in probe into disappearance of Kurdish student

A Turkish court has jailed former Tunceli governor Tuncay Sonel on charges including evidence tampering in a long-running investigation into the 2020 disappearance of...

İstanbul district mayor among 19 jailed in corruption probe targeting opposition municipalities

A district mayor from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and 18 others have been jailed pending trial as part of an expanding...

Turkish military helicopter crashes during training flight, no serious injuries

A Turkish military CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter crash-landed during a training flight near Ankara’s Sincan district on Tuesday, with no serious injuries reported. The helicopter,...

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