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Conditions in Ankara’s Sincan Prison inhumane, says Turkish Parliament sub-committee

Inmates are suffering from freezing temperatures, foul drinking water, poor treatment and the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ankara’s Sincan Prison, said...

Turkey had the highest incarceration rate in Europe in 2020: CoE annual report

Turkey had the highest incarceration rate of the 47 Council of Europe (CoE) countries as of January 2020, with 357 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants,...

Turkey strongly condemns Italian PM’s ‘ugly’ remarks on Erdoğan

Turkey on Thursday criticized Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi's "ugly" comparison of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to a tyrant, Agence France-Presse reported. Draghi on...

Italian PM calls Turkey’s Erdoğan a dictator

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a dictator, in remarks that risk further souring EU-Turkey ties,...

Controversial Hagia Sophia imam resigns after warnings from gov’t officials

Professor Mehmet Boynukalın, the chief imam of the Hagia Sophia mosque who has recently made the headlines with controversial remarks on such topics as...

Top court annuls state of emergency decree that closed down media outlets

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has cancelled an article of a government decree issued in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016 that led...

Top court gives green light to headscarf freedom in Turkish military

Turkey’s top administrative court, the Council of State, has rejected an application seeking the reinstatement of a headscarf ban in the Turkish Armed Forces...

Turkey’s presidential system has crippled institutions, weakened parliament: SWP report

A recent report by a prominent German think tank states that Turkey’s presidential system has crippled institutions in the country, weakening the parliament, undermining...

EU lawmakers demand answers over Turkey ‘sofagate’ furore

EU lawmakers on Thursday called for the bloc's top two officials to explain a snowballing diplomatic scandal that saw Commission head Ursula von der...

Turkey blames EU for ‘sofagate’ scandal in Ankara

Turkey on Wednesday blamed the EU for seating arrangements that left European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen without a chair during a meeting...

Turkish Twitter users call on authorities to release mother of boy struggling with leukemia

Turkish Twitter users conducted a hashtag campaign yesterday calling on authorities to release Sabriye Dağdeviren, the mother of 11-year-old leukemia patient Hakan, who is...

New law to require teachers to undergo security checks prior to employment, raising fears of discrimination

An amendment to a previously rejected bill proposed by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has added teachers to a group of public...

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