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‘Right to a fair trial’ most violated right in Turkey, top court statistics show

Statistics on individual applications filed at Turkey’s Constitutional Court over the past eight-and-a-half years show that the “right to a fair trial” has been...

Suicides increase in Turkey amid pandemic and economic downturn

A total of 129 people died by suicide in Turkey in April, eight of whom were minors, according to research by the main opposition...

Former minister, AKP MP behind suspicious death of Kyrgyz journalist, mob boss claims

Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker has claimed that a former Turkish minister and a lawmaker from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a...

AKP MP ridiculed for mistakenly posting Afghanistan highway photo to praise Turkey

A lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) became the subject of ridicule and jokes on social media when she posted a...

Animation video makes Turkey’s missing forex reserves trending topic on Twitter

An animation video produced by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) targeting the country’s main opposition party has had the opposite effect since...

17 women killed by men, 12 more died suspiciously in Turkey in April

Seventeen women were murdered by men in Turkey in April and 12 more died under suspicious circumstances, while there were attempts to kill five...

Police detain Islamic leader critical of AKP gov’t during religious ritual in SE Turkey

The leader of an anti-government religious group in Turkey was detained along with a number of his followers while performing a religious ritual peculiar...

Turkey bans supermarkets from selling non-essential goods during lockdown

The Turkish Interior Ministry on Tuesday released a circular informing governor’s offices that supermarkets and other shops wouldn’t be allowed to sell goods other...

İstanbul mayor faces investigation for ‘disrespecting’ Mehmed the Conqueror

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on allegations he was disrespectful by clasping his hands behind his back during a...

Turkey’s longest-jailed journalist likens 18-year proceedings to gov’t theatre

Hatice Duman, the former owner and news editor of the socialist Atılım (Leap) weekly who has been behind bars since 2003, has said her...

29 municipalities in Turkey face probe over alleged passport scam

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into 29 municipalities, the majority of them run by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), on...

Critics blacklisted and threatened by Turkish gov’t supporters on Clubhouse

Many people who criticize the Turkish government on the new social media platform Clubhouse are being blacklisted and threatened by pro-government accounts, the Stockholm...

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