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[OPINION] Turkey’s justice crisis under Strasbourg’s spotlight

Adem Yavuz Arslan* This week the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued another series of judgments against Turkey, which raised the number of individuals whose...

Delegation leaves Diyarbakır for PKK’s symbolic laying-down-of-arms ceremony in Iraq

A delegation of journalists, politicians, civil society leaders and pro-Kurdish party members departed Diyarbakır on Thursday for northern Iraq to attend a ceremony in...

Erdoğan demotes propaganda chief amid speculation of tensions with head of intelligence

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has removed longtime communications director Fahrettin Altun, reassigning him to lead the country’s human rights and equality agency, a...

[OPINION] Poverty has no name, but the debate over it speaks volumes about society

Yasemin Aydın* Names carry meaning. They tell stories of origin, belonging, history. And in times of political polarization, they are often turned into tools, symbols...

Sözcü TV taken off air due to coverage of pro-İmamoğlu protests

Sözcü TV, one of Turkey’s most popular pro-opposition news channels, was taken off the air at midnight by order of the country’s media regulator,...

PKK founder says group could lay down arms quickly in Turkey peace process

The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Wednesday said the militant group could lay down its arms quickly but that...

YouTube blocks trailers of film telling stories of asylum seekers fleeing Turkey after gov’t complaint

YouTube has blocked all three promotional trailers in Turkey for “Exodus,” a movie focusing on the stories of a group of people forced to...

[OPINION] Why fears of a coup still haunt Turkey

Ömer Murat* Turkey's political landscape is characterized by significant instability, and recent warnings from unexpected sources have led to a resurgence of concern regarding the...

ECtHR again rules that Turkey violated rights of jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey had violated multiple provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by...

32 go on trial over deadly hotel fire in northwestern Turkey

Thirty-two defendants went on trial in Turkey on Monday over a fire at a luxury ski resort hotel in January that killed 78 people,...

Turkish prosecutors open new probe into main opposition leader over remarks

Ankara's chief public prosecutor opened a new investigation Sunday into opposition leader Özgür Özel for "insulting the president" and other offenses for remarks made...

12 soldiers die from methane exposure in northern Iraq, Turkey says

Twelve Turkish soldiers died after being exposed to methane gas during a search operation in caves in northern Iraq on Sunday, the defense ministry...

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