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Opposition MP requests parliamentary inquiry into failed operation in Iraq

An opposition lawmaker has requested the opening of a parliamentary inquiry into a botched rescue operation by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in northern...

Uproar erupts as AKP deputy labels strip-search victims ‘dishonorable’ for belated legal action

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy group chairperson Özlem Zengin caused an uproar after describing the victims of strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons and...

Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds prison sentence handed down to rights advocate lawmaker

Turkey's top court on Friday upheld a prison sentence of two years, six months handed down to pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer...

16 alleged Gülen members detained for ByLock use, Bank Asya transactions

Turkish police on Friday detained 16 people as part of an operation targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement due to their use of...

Erdoğan’s luxury palace in Ankara declared illegal by Council of State

The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has annulled legislation that allowed the construction of public buildings -- including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...

Former intel chief strengthens suspicions of MİT role in killing of 3 Kurdish women in Paris

İsmail Hakkı Pekin, a former intelligence chief with the Turkish General Staff, has inadvertently strengthened suspicions about the involvement of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization...

Turkey hires US law firm to lobby for reentry to F-35 fighter jet program

Turkey’s state-owned Defense Industry Technologies (SSTEK) has signed a contract worth $750,000 with one of Washington’s most prestigious law firms in an attempt to...

Enforced disappearances worryingly common in Turkey, say human rights activists

Enforced disappearances are becoming worryingly common in Turkey, and most disappearances are not effectively investigated by prosecutors, said an international group of human rights...

Nearly 10,000 people convicted on Erdoğan insult charges in 5 years

Turkish courts convicted 9,556 people on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the course of five years, an opposition lawmaker has revealed. Main...

Ankara police accused of abducting 3 university students in broad daylight

Ankara police have been accused of abducting three university students today and abandoning them in distant parts of the city after threatening and beating...

Students protesting Erdoğan-appointed rector at risk of prosecution: HRW

Turkish authorities have put hundreds of student protesters under possible criminal investigation, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday, releasing a report on rights...

Defending human rights in Turkey as a way of life: Eren Keskin

Alin Ozinian The Turkish government is continuing to target and punish journalists and human rights defenders in the country. The latest attempt was on Monday,...

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