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Turkey’s top court annuls digital search law over privacy safeguards

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a criminal procedure law that allowed judges to authorize searches and the copying and seizing of suspects’ computers and...

Öcalan warns Turkey peace process needs legal framework, says ‘no time to lose’

Jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) founder Abdullah Öcalan warned Monday against delaying legal steps to advance a peace process with Turkey, saying continued uncertainty...

Erdoğan reverses order to close liberal İstanbul university after protests

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday reversed his decision to close a liberal private university in İstanbul after protests by students and faculty...

Turkish riot police use tear gas to enter CHP headquarters

Hundreds of Turkish riot police used tear gas and forced their way into the Ankara headquarters of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...

Human Rights Watch says Turkey damaging democracy as CHP members detained

Human Rights Watch said on Saturday that the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was undermining democracy through “abusive tactics” against the main...

13 delegates of main opposition CHP detained after court voids party congress

Turkish authorities detained 13 delegates from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) after a court declared the party’s 2023 leadership congress legally void,...

Court orders 5 jailed pending trial in general’s son’s alleged murder amid cover-up claims

A Turkish court has ordered five construction site workers jailed pending trial eight years after the death of a retired major general’s son, whose...

10 Turkish citizens accused of ISIL links arrested in Syria

Ten Turkish citizens accused of membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been arrested in Syria, Turkish state media...

Thousands rally after court ousts Turkey’s main opposition leader

Thousands of people rallied in Ankara and İstanbul on Friday to protest a court ruling that removed the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican...

Turkey expands presidential control over municipally owned companies

Turkey has expanded presidential control over municipally owned companies, requiring local governments and their majority-owned firms to obtain presidential approval before setting up companies...

Turkish court convicts 257 in e-signature fraud case that exposed state systems

A Turkish court has convicted 257 defendants in a case involving a network accused of using fraudulently obtained electronic signatures of public officials to...

Opposition parties, bar associations, unions condemn ouster of Turkey’s main opposition leadership

A Turkish appeals court’s ouster of the elected leadership of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) sparked condemnation from opposition parties, bar associations,...

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