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Lawyers’ report on torture in police custody not published, causes rift in bar association

A report by lawyers from the Ankara Bar Association’s human rights committee on allegations of torture made by detainees held at a police detention...

Turks filed 2,571 asylum applications with EU in November 2021

Turks filed 2,571 asylum applications in the EU, Norway and Switzerland (EU+) in November, the largest group of asylum seekers after Afghans, Syrians, Iraqis,...

İstanbul mayor files complaint over release of ‘controversial’ CCTV footage

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has said he filed a complaint with a prosecutor after footage of him arriving at a restaurant in an official...

HDP calls for end to Öcalan’s ‘isolation’ over Erdoğan’s claims of rift between Kurdish leaders

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has called for an end to the “isolation” imposed on Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan...

Lawyer of arrested TV journalist files complaint against justice minister

The lawyer for TV journalist Sedef Kabaş, who was arrested last weekend on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has filed a criminal...

23-year-old dies after being hit by Turkish police vehicle in Şırnak

Abdulgaffar Dayan (23) died on Wednesday after he was hit by an armored police vehicle in the southeastern province of Şırnak, the Stockholm Center...

Former teacher arrested on Gülen charges, leaving 3 children behind

Elif Çelik Demir, 42, a former kindergarten teacher and a mother of three, was arrested on Tuesday for alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

3 women detained by police acting without a warrant for attending demonstration

Turkish police on Wednesday detained three women, whose identities were not disclosed, during a raid on their homes in Istanbul, despite not having a...

Wife of former officer claims she suffered miscarriage after police beating

Hacer Karaşal, the wife of former gendarmerie 1st Lt. Recep Karaşal, said in an interview that she suffered a miscarriage after being beaten by...

Key figure in Turkey’s illegal arms shipments to Syria rendered from Ukraine by MİT

Nuri Gökhan Bozkır, a former Turkish military officer who was a key figure in the authorities' illegal weapons transfer to Syria and is accused...

Only 4 pct of Turks say they can meet all their basic needs: survey

Only 4 percent of people in Turkey have said they can meet all their basic living costs, while 17 percent have said they can’t...

Erdoğan caused $460 mn loss to state by awarding tender to pro-gov’t firm: opposition leader

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan caused the state to sustain a financial loss...

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