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Pro-Erdoğan daily targets ex-police chief on Turkey’s extradition list from Sweden

A former Turkish police chief living in exile in Sweden named on a list of political dissidents whose extradition is demanded by the Turkish...

Turkey’s ‘disinformation’ law tightens gov’t control and curtails freedom of expression: Amnesty

Prominent London-based rights group Amnesty International has voiced concern over a new media law in Turkey that introduces prison sentences for those “disseminating false...

Turkish police raid pro-Kurdish news outlets, detain 11 journalists

Turkish police on Tuesday searched the premises of several pro-Kurdish media outlets and raided journalists' houses in İstanbul and other cities including in the...

İstanbul bar elects first woman president in its 144-year history

The İstanbul Bar Association has elected a female lawyer as its president, a first in the 144-year-long history of the bar, Deutsche Welle Turkish...

LGBTI+ rights group takes Ankara ban on gay events to ECtHR

One of the oldest LGBTI+ advocacy groups in Turkey has filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding a ban...

Turkey has deported hundreds of refugees to Syria: HRW

Turkish authorities arbitrarily arrested, detained and deported hundreds of Syrian refugee men and boys to Syria between February and July 2022, Human Rights Watch...

Election disruptions loom as social media giants likely to resist Turkey’s new law: report

Social media companies are unlikely to fully abide by Turkey's new law requiring them to remove "disinformation" content and share user data with authorities,...

[ANALYSIS] Is the Akkuyu nuclear power plant a national security issue for Turkey?

Fatih Yurtsever* Under a bilateral agreement signed between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey on May 2010, Turkey's first nuclear power plant will...

Turkey investigates prominent rights activist over remarks about use of chemical weapons

Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a famous human rights activist and head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), is under investigation due to her comments on...

Travel ban remains in place for pop singer on trial for religious school remark

A Turkish court has ruled to keep in place a travel ban imposed on a famous pop singer standing trial on charges of incitement...

Int’l body must inspect Turkey’s alleged use of chemical weapons against PKK: jailed Kurdish leader

Allegations that the Turkish military used chemical weapons against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during its operations in northern Iraq must...

US Senate committee says political arrests in Turkey a betrayal of NATO values

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voiced its disapproval of the recent mass arrest of some 600 people in Turkey due to their...

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