Turkish police briefly detain 11 over Gaza protests in Ankara, İstanbul
Turkish police detained 11 people in two separate incidents over the weekend during pro-Palestine demonstrations in the capital…
Turkish judge again stands alone as Europe’s top human rights court condemns systemic abuses in Turkey convictions
Turkish judge Saadet Yüksel cast the sole dissenting vote as the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on…
ECtHR faults Turkey for terrorism convictions of 239 applicants in follow-up to 2023 judgment
This photo shows an interior view of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg on January…
Turkey parliament passes contentious mining legislation
On Friday, Ali Mahir Basarir of the CHP accused parliament of acting like CEO of energy companies [Yavuz…
600,000 public sector workers in Turkey oppose contract imposing wage cuts
Negotiations are ongoing for the 2025–26 Public Framework Protocol (PFP), which sets out wage and benefit increases for…
Turkey saw record high in suicides in 2024 amid ongoing economic turmoil
Suicides in Turkey reached a record high in 2024, according to new data from the Turkish Statistical Institute…
European rights court faults Turkey for withholding inmate’s letter to fiancée
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Turkish prison authorities violated the rights of Emrah Uygun,…
Top court rules Turkey violated rights of Gülen-linked teacher abducted from Kazakhstan
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that authorities violated their obligation to investigate credible allegations of torture made by…
Turkey detains 10 more people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 10 more people in the ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run…
Turkey’s top court again rules against prison surveillance practices
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the recording of prison visits and the uploading of inmate letters to…
Over 2,700 young workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey since 2013
At least 2,728 young workers have died in occupational accidents in Turkey since 2013, according to a new report by…
Top Iranian court upholds death sentence of pop singer extradited from Turkey
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence on blasphemy charges handed down to a pop singer whom…