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Famous mountaineer given suspended sentence for spreading ‘disinformation’

Nasuh Mahruki, a renowned mountaineer and founder of the Turkish Search and Rescue Association (AKUT), has been handed down a suspended sentence of nearly...

‘Just two glasses’: In Turkey, lives shattered by bootleg alcohol

Taşkın Erduan thought he'd gotten a bargain: three liters of vodka for around $15. But it took only two glasses to kill the 51-year-old...

Press groups condemn detention of 4 journalists in Turkey, call for their release

Press freedom and human rights organizations have condemned the detention of four journalists in Turkey, calling it a crackdown on independent media and demanding their...

Turkey’s prison population surges in 7 months, with overcrowding worsening

Turkey’s prison population has surged by over 50,000 in seven months, with overcrowding worsening as critics link the crisis to government-led mass arrests, the...

Rights advocate decries terrorism charges against high school girls for associating with peers

A US-based human rights advocate has criticized Turkey’s trial of 41 defendants, 14 of whom are minors, accused of terrorism for engaging in routine...

Intensified crackdown on dissidents violates constitution: İstanbul bar president

İstanbul Bar Association President İbrahim Kaboğlu criticized the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for intensified searches, home raids, detentions and arrests targeting dissidents...

Market Turkey with images of businessmen’s perp walk, opposition leader tells finance minister

The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party on Thursday ridiculed the government's efforts to attract foreign investment, saying the finance minister should use images...

Animal rights advocate’s death in fire raises suspicion of murder

An animal rights advocate who was targeted on social media for opposing the removal of stray dogs from the streets was found dead after...

Heavy snowfall blocks roads to 2,666 villages in eastern Turkey

Heavy snowfall in Turkey's eastern provinces has cut off access to 2,666 villages, with road crews working to clear the roads, the Demirören news...

2 jailed for 18 years over collapse of high-rise in 2023 Turkey earthquakes

Two senior figures involved in the construction of a huge residential complex in Turkey that collapsed in earthquakes in 2023 have been sentenced to...

All defendants acquitted in Turkey’s trial of rights activists after 8 years

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals’s recent decision to uphold the acquittal of the last defendant in the terrorism-related trial of rights activists has brought...

6 migrants drown off Turkey’s Aegean coast

Six migrants drowned while another 27 were rescued by the coastguard when their boat started sinking off the western coast of Turkey, the interior...

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