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ECtHR reverses earlier ruling, finds Turkey violated rights of man convicted over alleged Gülen links

Fatma Zibak The European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) Grand Chamber ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of a man convicted of membership...

Prosecutors seek up to 2,430 years in prison for jailed İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu in massive political case

Turkish prosecutors have filed a long-awaited indictment of İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, accusing him of leading a vast criminal network and committing 142...

Kurdish PKK announces withdrawal of all forces from Turkey to northern Iraq

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) began withdrawing all of its forces from Turkish soil to northern Iraq on Sunday, while urging Ankara to...

Frost, hail and heat sour season for Turkey’s lemon growers

"At first, there was the frost and we lost a lot of blossoms. Then we had a very severe hailstorm when the fruit was...

9 opposition mayors join Erdoğan’s party amid claims of threats, coercion

Nine opposition politicians, including six mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), have joined President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development...

Turkey’s digital forgery scandal ‘tip of the iceberg,’ fraudsters could simulate ‘functions of any ministry’

As public outrage grows over one of the most serious breaches of Turkey’s digital infrastructure in recent memory, experts warn that the use of...

Turkish journalists living in exile call for solidarity at fundraising event in Germany

Bünyamin Tekin Turkish journalists living in exile gathered in Germany on Saturday for the International Journalists Association’s (IJA) annual fundraising event. The IJA is based in Germany...

Ankara cautious, Kurds jubilant, opposition quiet on Öcalan’s historic call to disband PKK

Jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan on Thursday issued an unprecedented call for the militant group to lay down its arms and...

ECtHR faults Greece over 2019 pushback of Turkish national who fled Erdoğan’s crackdown

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously found Greece in violation of multiple articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, citing...

‘Young girls moved to tears in court’: Italian rights observer recounts trial of minors for terrorism

Bünyamin Tekin An Italian human rights expert has expressed serious concerns over the trial of 41 defendants in Turkey, 14 of whom are minors, accused...

Erdoğan bases his legitimacy on elections. That’s why he didn’t congratulate Maduro this time

Bünyamin Tekin Back in 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to "stand tall" against what they both saw as foreign...

President Erdoğan gives himself the power to declare a mobilization

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has granted himself the authority to declare a mobilization in Turkey, a power that previously rested with the cabinet, with...

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