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EU heads seek new chapter with ErdoÄŸan on Turkey visit

The EU's top two officials head to Turkey on Tuesday to lay out to President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan the bloc's conditions for improved ties...

Turkey detains 10 retired admirals over Bosporus treaty warning

Turkey on Monday detained 10 retired admirals after they openly criticized a canal project dear to President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan in a country where...

Court releases 2 students jailed over protests against partisan Boğaziçi rector

An Ä°stanbul court has ruled to release two students who were detained in Ä°stanbul on Feb. 2 during protests against a pro-government figure who...

AKP accused of poor COVID management after woman dies due to lack of hospital beds

Members of the Turkish opposition, dissidents and family members of Aslı Özkısırlar have accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of failing to...

Global outcry as Turkish rights advocate MP hospitalized after forcible detention

Prominent rights activists around the globe, in addition to Turkish dissidents, have condemned the detention by force of former opposition MP and prominent human...

Turkish police detain expelled rights advocate MP, says son

Turkish police on Friday detained a politician from a pro-Kurdish party two weeks after his expulsion from parliament over terror charges linked to a...

Council of State rules against 2018 regulation making press card cancellations easier

The Council of State, Turkey's highest administrative court, has suspended the execution of some articles of a 2018 regulation that reset the criteria for...

Murders of women escalate in Turkey as 28 killed in March: report

As Turkey receives growing criticism for withdrawing from an international treaty to combat domestic violence, a report released by the Stop the Murder of...

66 former military and police officers face detention over Gülen links

Prosecutors in the Turkish capital city of Ankara have issued detention warrants for 66 people, including active duty and former military officers as well...

1,182 inmates petitioned İHD about rights violations in Turkey’s prisons in 2020

The Ankara-based Human Rights Association (Ä°HD) received petitions from a total of 1,182 inmates in 2020 in which they complained about the rights violations...

Greece accuses Turkish coastguard of provocations in Aegean

Greece on Friday accused Turkey of seeking to "provoke an escalation" in the Aegean with "dangerous" maneuvers and illegal assistance to migrants, Agence France-Presse...

52.3 pct of Turks are against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: survey

A survey conducted by pollster Metropoll has revealed that 52.3 percent of Turks are against the government’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the...

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