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Legal community outraged as Turkish court ignores ECtHR ruling on teacher

Lawyers and legal experts in Turkey and abroad have expressed shock and disappointment over a local court’s decision on Thursday, again convicting a former...

Erdoğan crony’s firm ranked 48th among top 250 international contractors

Limak Holding, owned by Nihat Özdemir, who has close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is ranked 48th on the 2024 Engineering News-Record’s...

Parents referred to court for arrest in 8-year-old’s murder case in SE Turkey

Turkish authorities have referred to court for arrest nine suspects including the parents of an 8-year-old girl who went missing in southeast Turkey last...

Turkish court again convicts teacher of terrorism in defiance of landmark ECtHR ruling

Fatma Zibak A high criminal court in central Turkey has in a retrial again convicted former teacher Yüksel Yalçınkaya of terrorism due to his links...

Minister denies recent report of massive personal data breach, confirms earlier leak

Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has denied allegations of a massive new data breach affecting millions of Turkish citizens while acknowledging an...

Education should focus on instilling religious values, not knowledge, says former army chief

Former chief of Turkish General Staff Hulusi Akar sparked criticism after saying that the purpose of education is to instill a fear of God...

Turkish-American activist’s family awaits body for burial

The family of a Turkish-American activist killed during a protest in the occupied West Bank is expecting to bury her in Turkey, her uncle...

Norway lifts restrictions on defense material exports to Turkey: report

Norway has normalized its practice for the export of defense material and multi-purpose goods for military use to Turkey, having imposed restrictions 2019, Reuters...

Biden wants Israel to provide ‘full accountability’ for Turkish activist’s killing after calling it an ‘accident’

One day after calling the killing of a Turkish-American activist by Israeli forces in the West Bank an “accident,” US President Joe Biden has...

Former AKP heavyweights in talks to merge parties

Two small opposition parties in Turkey established by former allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are negotiating a merger, according to one party leader. Democracy...

Putin’s requests concerning security behind his postponed visit to Turkey: report

A visit Russian President Vladimir Putin has been planning to make to Turkey has been postponed several times due to Putin’s “extraordinary requests” to...

PEN International calls on Turkey to drop terrorism charges against Kurdish writer

PEN International has called on Turkish authorities to drop all charges against a Kurdish writer who faces more than seven years in prison on...

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