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Turkish delegation travels to Egypt for normalization talks

A Turkish delegation led by the country’s deputy foreign minister, Sedat Önal, on Monday traveled to the Egyptian capital of Cairo to repair ties...

Police officer jailed over Gülen links dies of cancer after belated release from prison

Abdulvahit Tuncay, a former police officer who was fired in the aftermath of a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 and was subsequently jailed,...

Police raid mosque to disperse members of anti-gov’t religious group in SE Turkey

Turkish police on Monday raided a mosque in the southeastern province of Gaziantep and detained eight followers of an anti-government religious group who wanted...

Daughter of abducted former bureaucrat petitions ECtHR for missing father

Nursena Küçüközyiğit, the daughter of a former Turkish bureaucrat who has been missing since late last year, has filed an application at the European...

Turkey’s inflation at two-year high above 17 percent after lira slide

Turkish annual inflation climbed to 17.14 percent in April to its highest level in nearly two years, data showed on Monday, driven by a...

SCF releases report on COVID-19 in Turkish prisons and discrimination against political prisoners

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Monday released its latest report, “Left Behind to Die: COVID-19 in Turkish Prisons and Discrimination Against Political...

Turkish police capture key ISIL figure: report

A senior figure in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group described as the slain leader's "right-hand man" has been captured...

Closure of trade unions, dismissal of workers over Gülen links violated freedom to associate, right to organize, UN body says

A UN agency setting labor standards has decided that the Turkish government violated UN conventions on labor by closing down trade unions and dismissing...

5 detained in northern Turkey for protesting opening of stone quarry

At least five people were detained in northern Rize province early on Saturday when a group of villagers, most of them women, protesting the...

212 protestors detained as Turkey marked May Day under full lockdown

Police detained 212 demonstrators in İstanbul, including labor union members and university students, governor’s office said on Saturday, for attempting to stage a May...

4 out of every 10 Turkish women experience domestic violence, academic study says

Four out of every 10 Turkish women experience domestic violence during their lifetime, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported citing BBC Turkish service. According to...

Classified as a threat in Germany, Grey Wolves at the height of their power in Turkey

Cevheri Güven A study conducted by Professor Kemal Bozay from the University of Cologne for the Berlin office of the American Jewish Congress (AJC) found...

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