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Turkish lira down 7 percent in biggest selloff since 2021 crisis

Turkey's lira plunged 7 percent to a record low on Wednesday in its biggest daily selloff since a historic 2021 crash, as the newly...

4 rights activists acquitted of terrorism charges in retrial over Gülen links

A Turkish court has acquitted four rights activists in a retrial after Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals overturned their July 2020 convictions on terrorism-related...

Sweden’s top court signs off on Turkey extradition case: report

Sweden's Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for the government to extradite a man supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to Turkey, a...

Turkey intensifies crackdown on Gülen movement, orders detention of 73 in 2 days

Prosecutors have intensified Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement following the announcement of a new cabinet by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday and...

Demirtaş’s wife distressed over opposition’s silence on call for her husband’s execution

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, has criticized opposition figures in Turkey for their silence in response to recent chants...

INTERPOL urged to stop Turkey from misusing databases to target political dissidents

A group of individuals and organizations, including human rights watchdog Statewatch, has urged INTERPOL to suspend Turkey's access to its databases amid concerns of...

Turkey spent over TL 10 mln a day to protect Erdoğan in April

Turkey's Department of Presidential Security, which is responsible for the protection of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his family and presidential residences, spent more than...

ECtHR faults Turkey for violating confidentiality of jailed Kurdish leaders’ lawyer interviews

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, former co-chairs of the...

Erdoğan’s appointment of new spy chief sparks debate over qualifications

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's appointment of his spokesperson, İbrahim Kalın, as the new head of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) on Monday has...

After ISIL and Turkish bombs, refugee sisters sing of Kurdish sorrow

When the Syrian Kurdish sisters Perwin and Norshean Salih sing about loss, it comes from the heart. Aged in their early 20s, they have twice...

Widespread imprisonment of individuals with alleged Gülen links may constitute crimes against humanity: UN working group

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest and detention of an individual with alleged ties to the...

Authorities at Ankara’s Sincan Prison are arbitrarily revoking parole rights of political prisoners

Prison authorities in Ankara’s notorious Sincan Prison have been arbitrarily revoking political prisoners’ right to parole, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing the...

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