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Police detain 12 women’s rights activists in southeastern Diyarbakır province

Turkish police on Wednesday morning detained 12 women’s rights activists in southeastern Diyarbakır province after raids on their homes, Turkish media reported. Adalet Kaya from...

4-year-old starts seeing psychologist after mother’s arrest

The 4-year-old daughter of a woman who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement has started to receive psychological help after developing...

Thousands of police officers not allowed back to active duty despite appeals commission decision

A total of 3,000 police officers who were dismissed by emergency decrees in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt have not been allowed...

RSF calls on Turkey to act quickly to protect journalists after 2 murders in a year

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Turkish authorities to adopt urgent measures for the safety of journalists, with two of them murdered in...

Top judicial board removes 5 prosecutors from jobs due to alleged Gülen links

Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has removed five prosecutors from their jobs due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Court dismisses lawsuit filed by ErdoÄŸan against main opposition leader

An Ankara court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan against the country’s main opposition leader on allegations of insult, a...

Top court finds rights violation in 3-day advertising ban imposed on Cumhuriyet daily

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a three-day advertising ban imposed on the pro-opposition Cumhuriyet daily in 2013 was a violation of the right...

Uncertainty for Russian tourists in Turkey hotspot as war rages

With its shimmering azure waters, secluded coves and golden sands, Turkey's Mediterranean coast is a destination beloved by Russian tourists, nearly five million of...

Number of inmates exceeds 309,000 in Turkish prisons

The number of inmates in Turkish prisons was 309,558 as of February 28, according to data released by the Directorate General of Prisons and...

Another purge victim dies by suicide in March

Mesut Karaboyun, 32, a former noncommissioned officer in the gendarmerie who was dismissed by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of...

F-16 sale to Turkey not possible without dramatic turnaround on its S-400s: Senator

US Senator Bob Menendez on Monday said he did not see Washington approving the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey unless there is...

Turkey expects to soon evacuate citizens from besieged Mariupol, FM says

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, after a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, that he expects to evacuate Turkish citizens...

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