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ECtHR rules Turkey violated MPs’ rights by stripping them of immunity in 2016

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the freedom of expression of 40 former lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples'...

İstanbul’s inflation rate hits 19-year high of 51 percent

Retail prices in Turkey’s largest city and commercial hub of İstanbul were 13.78 percent month-on-month in January, for an annual rate of 50.91 percent,...

Top court finds no rights violation in lengthy pretrial detention of Kurdish politician

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found no rights violation in the five-year pretrial detention of a Kurdish politician, which it said had lasted for only...

Police ban on Kurdish music in Ä°stanbul street sparks Kurdish music frenzy

A large number of politicians, singers and social media users have shared videos of their Kurdish song performances and those of Kurdish singers in...

ErdoÄŸan slammed for threatening media with reprisals over ‘harmful’ content

Legal experts have slammed a recent presidential decree issued by President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan that threatens Turkish media with reprisal if they disseminate content...

Former officer arrested over Gülen links while attempting to flee Turkey

A former lieutenant colonel in the Turkish military has been arrested over alleged links to the Gülen movement after trying to flee the country...

27 int’l rights, press groups call for release of jailed TV journalist Sedef Kabaş

Twenty-nine international human rights and journalists organizations have in a joint statement called for the release of prominent TV journalist Sedef Kabaş from pre-trial detention...

Turkey’s far-right leader calls on Ä°stanbul mayor to resign over city’s snow ‘debacle’

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has called on the mayor of İstanbul to resign, accusing him of not...

2,694 people killed, 3,145 mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2021: report

An annual report on human rights violations in Turkey, drafted by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu, has revealed 2,694 deaths...

CHP MP submits parliamentary question about lack of education of autistic children

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sibel Özdemir said in a parliamentary question that 92 percent of autistic children were not enrolled in school and...

High energy bills in Turkey spark protests in the street and on social media

More and more people in Turkey are expressing their anger and protesting in the streets and on social media over the rising electricity and...

Police prevent Ä°stanbul street performers from singing in Kurdish

Police officers prevented four young street performers from singing in Kurdish in one of İstanbul’s popular streets, later briefly detaining them, the Mezopotamya news...

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