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Top court rules Turkey violated rights of jailed former lawmaker

Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker and a...

Turkey reported first COVID-19 case 2 months after outbreak, documentary reveals

A volunteer journalist collective has cited in its latest documentary claims by a Turkish doctor and a senior bureaucrat that Turkey’s Health Ministry announced...

Turkey exits treaty combatting violence against women

Turkey on Thursday formally exited a treaty combatting femicide and domestic abuse, in a controversial move by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned by the...

Reform package making prosecution of child abusers difficult approved by parliamentary committee

The Turkish Parliament’s Justice Committee has approved a new judicial reform package which stipulates that instead of taking victim testimony, tangible evidence will be...

Turkey using press accreditation to pressure critical journalists: RSF

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned Turkey’s Presidential Directorate for Communications (CİB) for using press accreditation to increase pressure on the media, according a...

LGBTQ+ inmate raped, beaten and threatened in Turkey’s Eskişehir Prison

Memiş Akbaş, a LGBTQ+ man incarcerated in Eskişehir Prison, was raped, beaten and threatened, according to a recent report by the Association of Civil...

Russia says reassured by Turkey about controversial canal

Russia on Wednesday said Turkey had reassured it that a planned canal aimed at easing traffic on the Bosporus would not lead to a...

Health Ministry refuses to answer how Erdoğan got 3 doses of COVID vaccine

Turkey’s Health Ministry has refused to answer questions posed by the left-wing Birgün daily as to how the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, managed...

HDP lawmaker wears rainbow dress in parliament in support of LGBT people

Hüda Kaya, an MP for the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), on Wednesday appeared in the Turkish parliament wearing a dress in rainbow colors...

Amnesty condemns ban on Pride march in İstanbul, use of excessive force

Amnesty International has in a statement condemned a ban imposed by Turkish authorities on a Pride march in central İstanbul over the weekend as...

Turkey to lift COVID-19 restrictions amid Delta variant fears

With Turkey planning to remove virtually all restrictions introduced to contain the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, physicians have drawn attention to the rising number...

Top Turkish court rejects appeal to reverse Erdoğan’s decision to exit Istanbul Convention

The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has rejected an appeal demanding cancellation of a presidential decree that pulled the country out of...

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