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Turkey arrests 38 over May Day demonstrations

Thirty-eight people who allegedly resisted law enforcement on Wednesday in an attempt to hold a demonstration in İstanbul’s Taksim Square to mark International Workers’...

Sudanese army chief’s son dies of injuries following motorcycle crash

The son of Sudanese army chief and de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who was seriously injured in a March traffic accident in Turkey,...

Erdoğan signals thaw with opposition after election defeat

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has hinted at an easing of political tensions in Turkey following the recent election defeat of his ruling Justice...

Turkey’s main opposition party protests new education curriculum as political, reactionary

A group of lawmakers from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have protested a new education curriculum released by the Ministry of Education,...

RSF ranks Turkey 158th in new press freedom index, underreports number of jailed journalists

Bünyamin Tekin Turkey was ranked 158th out of 180 countries in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), while the organization...

Turkey’s media watchdog fines 2 TV stations due to critical reporting

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, has fined two TV stations due to their content critical of ruling...

Turkey marks World Press Day amid continued harassment, intimidation of journalists

Today is World Press Freedom Day, when freedom of the press and its importance for the democratization of a society is honored, but many...

Majority of Turks think AKP gov’t favors the rich: Metropoll survey

An overwhelming majority of Turks, 68.3 percent, think President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is the party of the rich,...

Veteran Turkish journalist known for reports on state repression of Kurds dies at 68

Celal Başlangıç, a respected Turkish journalist known for his fearless reporting on human rights violations of Kurds in the 1990s, died early Friday morning...

29 detained in house raids in İstanbul over May Day protests: minister

Turkish police on Friday detained 29 people who had resisted law enforcement on Wednesday in an attempt to hold a demonstration in İstanbul’s central...

Turkish court acquits 2 human rights activists who recognized Armenian ‘genocide’

Two human rights activists from a leading rights organization in Turkey have been acquitted of insult charges against the Turkish nation and government due...

182 released from custody, 35 referred to court among May Day detainees in İstanbul

Among 217 people who were detained during May Day demonstrations in İstanbul on Wednesday, 182 have been released from police custody, while 35 have...

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