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HRW urges Turkey to lift courtroom restrictions in İmamoğlu trial

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Turkish authorities to remove restrictions on lawyers, journalists and the public seeking to follow the trial of...

Turkey arrests journalist critical of gov’t on charge of ‘disseminating false information’

A journalist from a Turkish newspaper critical of the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was put in pretrial detention on Sunday for allegedly...

3 Turks, including serviceman, among dead in Qatar helicopter crash

Three Turkish nationals, including a serviceman, were among those on board a helicopter that crashed in Qatar’s territorial waters, along with three Qatari servicemen,...

Pregnant Syrian mother, 5 children die in container fire in Turkey

A pregnant Syrian woman and her five young children died when a fire ripped through containers housing agricultural workers near the southwestern resort of...

Iran not letting citizens cross into Turkey: minister

The number of Iranians crossing into Turkey has dropped by about a third since the start of the Iran war, with Tehran now restricting...

Turkey earns worst due process score globally after sharp decline in freedoms under Erdoğan: Freedom House

Turkey has experienced one of the sharpest declines in freedoms globally over the past two decades under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, receiving the lowest...

UN panel raises concerns over violation of women’s rights in post-coup Turkey

Orhan Sait Berber Concerns about the violation of women's rights in Turkey, including the detention of pregnant and ill inmates and children living in prison...

Protests, messages of solidarity, new arrests mark anniversary of İmamoğlu’s imprisonment

The first anniversary of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s imprisonment was marked on Thursday by messages of solidarity from European politicians, a student march in...

Turkey ranks 94th in world happiness report as Nordic countries top list again

Turkey ranked 94th out of 147 countries in the latest World Happiness Report, remaining in the lower tier of the global rankings as Nordic...

CPJ urges Turkey not to contest appeals of veteran journalists Altan, Ilıcak

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to stop opposing the appeals of veteran journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak...

Thousands rally in İstanbul to mark one year since mayor’s detention

Thousands of people gathered outside İstanbul City Hall on Wednesday to mark one year since the detention of Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in a corruption...

Pro-Kurdish party calls for ‘peace law,’ end to trustees after PKK’s laying down of arms

Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party, has said concrete legal steps, including a “peace law,” the removal of government-appointed trustees and broader...

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