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Turkey ranks 159th in new press freedom index: RSF

Turkey has dropped to 159th out of 180 countries in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, published Friday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Stockholm...

HRW urges Turkey to halt deportation of Turkmen activists at risk of torture, unfair trial

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Turkish authorities to immediately halt the deportation of two Turkmen activists detained in northern Turkey, warning that they face...

Footage shows moment deadly hotel fire began; broken grill thermostat cited as the cause

Newly emerged security footage shows the moment a fire began at the Grand Kartal Hotel, a winter resort in Turkey’s Bolu province, where 78...

Ailing 85-year-old inmate freed following years of appeals by rights advocates

Halil Karakoç, an 85-year-old retired imam imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was released from Menemen Prison on Thursday after spending...

Majority of May Day detainees in İstanbul released, 36 remain in police custody

Turkish authorities have released 372 of the 419 people detained during May Day protests in İstanbul, while 36 of them remain in police custody,...

Jailed İstanbul mayor files more than 200 legal complaints over media smear campaign

Lawyers for İstanbul’s jailed mayor and opposition presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu have filed more than 200 criminal complaints against journalists, TV stations and online...

More than 400 detained in İstanbul for attempting to march to Taksim on May Day

More than 400 people were detained in İstanbul on Thursday as they attempted to march to the city’s iconic Taksim Square to mark International...

İstanbul lockdown aims to prevent May Day marches

İstanbul authorities on Wednesday closed metro trains, buses and Bosporus ferries, paralyzing Turkey's biggest city in a bid to prevent May Day demonstrations. Ahead of...

Families demand justice at Turkish Parliament over deadly hotel fire that killed 78

Relatives of victims who died in a devastating hotel fire in the ski resort of Kartalkaya in northwestern Turkey earlier this year broke down...

Over 200 detained in nationwide Turkish operations targeting alleged Gülen supporters

Turkish authorities have detained at least 218 people in three separate operations across the country in the last four days, targeting individuals accused of...

Turkey joins Three Seas Initiative as strategic partner at 10th summit in Warsaw

Turkey became a strategic partner of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), according to the joint declaration of the 10th summit held on April 29...

PKK executive says Öcalan-led congress key for militant group to lay down arms

A senior figure in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said Tuesday that the group's disbanding and laying down of arms depend on the...

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