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Thousands of migrants illegally deported from Turkey, says Syrian Associations Platform chairman

Mehdi Davud, chairman of the Syrian Associations Platform (Suriyeli Dernekler Platformu), in an interview said thousands of migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq had...

Opposition slams AKP over bid to push heavier penalties for violence against women

Opposition members of Turkey's parliament have criticized a bill proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) introducing harsher punishment for violence against...

Majority of Turks hold US, NATO responsible for Russian invasion of Ukraine: survey

More than 48 percent of Turks hold the United States and NATO, of which Turkey has been a member since 1952, responsible for the...

Court orders closed trial for opposition politician facing life sentence on espionage charges

An Ankara court has decided to hold a trial closed to the press and the public in the case of defense analyst and Democracy...

Tax cuts in food and energy prices bring no relief to Turks: survey

An overwhelming majority of Turks said they have perceived no significant change in food or energy prices after recent value added tax (VAT) cuts...

Journalists among dozens facing detention on terrorism charges

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for dozens of people including two journalists as part of an investigation conducted by the Ä°stanbul Chief Public...

Turkish university sparks outrage for quoting Hitler on official human rights website

The Manisa Celal Bayar University in western Turkey sparked outrage among human rights activists and social media users for quoting Adolf Hitler on its...

12 purge victims arrested in Turkey after they were pushed back by Greece

Twelve former public servants who were fired by the government in the aftermath of a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 and were pushed...

Turkey’s main opposition accused of hypocrisy in stance on replacement of pro-Kurdish mayors

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) was accused of hypocrisy for its support of the Turkish government’s practice of removing mayors  –- mostly...

Asylum seekers in Germany speak about mistreatment in Turkish detention centers

A group of Turkish asylum seekers on Monday spoke about the mistreatment they faced in Turkish detention centers during an event in the German...

Turkey hails Ä°stanbul talks as ‘most significant progress’ of war

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said talks Tuesday between Russia and Ukraine in İstanbul marked the "most significant progress" since war broke out between...

Amnesty report: Turkey failed to address deep flaws in judicial system in 2021

Looking back on human rights violations that took place in Turkey throughout 2021, Amnesty International on Tuesday said in its annual report that the...

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