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Jailed philanthropist Kavala pessimistic about Erdoğan’s human rights action plan: report

Turkish businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for more than three years on politically motivated charges, has expressed pessimism over...

9-year-old Turkish girl drowns while trying to cross Evros River

Nine-year-old Nurefşan Teke drowned on Thursday while trying to cross the Evros River with her mother Neslihan in order to reunite with her father,...

Turkish women take to the streets of İstanbul against femicide, rights violations

Thousands of women came together in İstanbul to demonstrate against a wide range of problems concerning women’s rights in Turkey and the murder of at...

European parliamentarians launch campaign for release of jailed Kurdish leader

European parliamentarians have launched a campaign demanding the release of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who is still in prison despite two rulings from...

İstanbul mayor’s Women’s Day message provokes anti-HDP sentiment

A message from İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu congratulating two female politicians on opposite ends of the political spectrum on the occasion of International Women’s...

70 detained across Turkey due to alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Monday detained 70 people including former military officers in three separate operations targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement, the state-run...

Turkey marks Women’s Day amid increasing domestic violence, political imprisonment of women

Thousands of women from all walks of life who were jailed on politically motivated charges in the aftermath of a failed coup in Turkey...

2 journalists given suspended sentences on charges of revealing state secrets

A Turkish court has handed down suspended sentences to Müyesser Yıldız, the Ankara news editor for the OdaTV news website, and İsmail Dükel, the...

Court finds Interior Ministry culpable in killing of Kurdish girl in SE Turkey

A Turkish court has found the country’s Interior Ministry culpable in the killing of a 12-year-old Kurdish girl in southeastern Diyarbakır province in 2009 by...

Uighur women march in İstanbul against China camps

Several hundred Muslim Uighur women in Turkey staged an International Women's Day march along the Bosporus on Monday demanding the closure of mass incarceration...

US-convicted banker quits as İstanbul exchange chief

A top Turkish banker convicted in the US of busting sanctions on Iran resigned on Monday as the chief executive of the İstanbul stock...

With heavy hearts, Syrians in Turkey pursue new lives

Some are coping, others struggling, but Syrian refugees in Turkey say they dare not follow their dreams and return home while President Bashar al-Assad...

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