Erdoğan adviser signals possible break with European rights system after Kavala ruling
Mehmet Uçum A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suggested that Turkey could reconsider its…
Rights defenders, politicians call for Kavala’s release after ECtHR faults Turkey over his conviction
Rights groups, opposition politicians and legal scholars on Tuesday called for the release of philanthropist and businessman Osman…
Seriously ill Kurdish prisoner suffers heart attack after third delay of conditional release
İzmir Kırıklar Prison and Mehmet Sait Yıldırım Kurdish prisoner Mehmet Sait Yıldırım, 75, was hospitalized due to a…
Turkey opens murder probe involving Süleymanlılar leader as 10 more jailed
Arif Ahmet Denizolgun and Alihan Kuriş Turkish prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the 2016 death of…
Turkish lawmaker documents 73 alleged abductions, disappearances since 2015
Black vans have become the symbols of the abduction and disappearance in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown targeting the Gülen…
Turkish police detain union leaders as miners protest unpaid wages
Turkish police detained two union officials and two miners during a Tuesday protest outside the Energy and Natural…
Turkey detains 38 in third wave of raids on religious group
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 38 people in a third series of raids in an investigation into alleged…
HRW says Turkey’s child sentencing law violates global standards
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on Turkey to amend a new law that allows courts to give adult…
Turkish state fund reveals details of Can Dündar’s confiscated properties
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has revealed details of five properties confiscated from journalist living in exile…
Kurdish seasonal workers targeted, threatened in 2 incidents in northwest Turkey
More than 70 Kurdish seasonal farmworkers and their family members were targeted in Zonguldak over the course of…
Turkish journalists group condemns restrictions at İmamoğlu trial, Health Ministry event
The Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) has condemned restrictions on reporters covering the trial of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem…
Turkey blocks at least 12 Grok posts on national security grounds
Turkish courts have blocked access to at least 12 X posts by artificial intelligence chatbot Grok since February…