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İstanbul court orders release of remaining 25 May Day protesters

Wednesday’s hearing in the trial of 30 people, 25 of whom were in pretrial detention, for attempting to defy a government ban on holding...

451 civilians in Turkey killed by police since 2007: Report

A total of 451 civilians, including children, have been killed by police from 2007 through the first half of 2024, according to a report...

Erdoğan describes Trump assassination attempt as ‘attack on democracy’ in phone call

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described a recent assassination attempt on former US president and Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump as an “attack...

Greek singer’s concert in İzmir cancelled due to row over Turkish national symbols on stage

A concert by famous Greek pop singer Despina Vandi in İzmir on Wednesday evening has been cancelled over a dispute that erupted when organizers...

Turkey’s DEM Party challenges removal of its mayor in court

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has filed a petition at the Ankara Administrative Court requesting a stay in the removal...

Turkey’s top court upholds life sentences of 17 defendants in main coup trial

The Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey has upheld consecutive life sentences for 17 defendants who were alleged members of a military junta that...

From presidential palace to top court: Erdoğan appoints aide as court’s new member

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed Metin Kıratlı, Turkey’s top bureaucrat serving at Erdoğan’s presidential palace, as a new member of Turkey’s Constitutional Court,...

NGO report documents nearly 4,000 rights violations in east and SE Turkey in first half of 2024

A regional branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a midyear report on the human rights situation in Turkey’s eastern and southeastern...

Turkish delegation visits Niger to boost military ties

A Turkish delegation visited Niger on Wednesday looking to strengthen military cooperation with the regime that came to power in a coup nearly a...

Turkey allows investigation into 3 more public officials over 2023 earthquakes

In a rare development, a district governor’s office in the southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş has allowed an investigation into three public officials due...

Turkey bans access to social storytelling platform Wattpad

Turkey has become the first country to impose a ban on access to Wattpad, a popular digital publishing platform with over 90 million monthly...

Former AKP mayor of Kurdish city arrested on bribery charges

A former mayor from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who replaced a democratically elected district mayor in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast in...

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