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Backsliding in democracy, human rights and the judicial system continues in Turkey: EU

The European Commission in its yearly report on Turkey released on Tuesday said backsliding in the respect for democracy, human and fundamental rights and...

Turkey’s anti-terrorism legislation lacks quality of law, Italian NGO tells ECtHR

Bünyamin Tekin The Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU) said on October 14 in presenting an expert opinion in a case before the European Court...

Ministry sues family of man who died in crash involving military vehicle

The Turkish Interior Ministry has filed a lawsuit for damages in the amount of $290,823 against the family of Fikri Demirbaş, who died in...

Erdoğan adding more luxury cars to his fleet amid Turkey’s financial woes

At a time when people are finding it harder to make ends meet due to the rising cost of living in Turkey, the presidency...

At least 55,000 COVID-19 deaths in Turkey went unregistered: report

In a development that casts further doubt over the transparency of Turkey's reporting of its coronavirus cases, a recent report from a leading medical...

Exhibition highlighting painful repercussions of Turkey’s Kurdish issue stirs debate

An exhibition by Kurdish visual artist Ahmet Güneştekin that focuses on Turkey’s recent past and draws attention to the painful repercussions of the country’s...

39 women face detention over Gülen links due to secret witness statements

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 39 women including a teacher and three midwives due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...

Prosecutors say no need to investigate ex-minister’s confessions about graft scandal

Turkish prosecutors have decided that there is no need to investigate the admission of a former minister who said the evidence against him in...

Turkey faces threat of ‘grey-listing’ by global finance watchdog: FT

Turkey is set to be “grey listed” by a global finance watchdog this week for failings in its approach to combatting money laundering and...

Turkey aiming to increase capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, says opposition MP

The Turkish government is working to increase the capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, said Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights defender...

Political prisoners considered ‘dangerous inmates’ in Turkey’s jails

Cevheri Güven According to data released by Turkey’s Justice Ministry, a total of 1,576,566 people faced terrorism-related investigations between 2016 and 2020. Among those jailed...

Famous Turkish actress summoned by prosecutor due to comment about high price of cherries

Renowned Turkish actress Berna Laçin has been summoned by a prosecutor to testify due to remarks on social media complaining about the high price...

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