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HDP calls on other parties to raise their voice against removal of elected mayors

Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Pervin Buldan has called on political parties in the Turkish parliament, other than the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and...

Ä°stanbul governor nixes investigation into ErdoÄŸan bodyguards who beat lawyer

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has refused to allow an investigation into two police officers who, as bodyguards of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reportedly beat a lawyer...

Turkish police intervene in protests against gov’t removal of 3 Kurdish mayors

Turkish police on Monday intervened with force in demonstrations in several cities protesting a government decision to remove the mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van, according...

First act of gov’t-appointed trustee in Van: hanging Erdoğan’s photo in mayor’s office

Mehmet Emin Bilmez , the former governor of the eastern Turkish province of Van who was appointed on Monday as trustee for the Van Municipality after...

Number of bar associations boycotting judicial ceremony at ErdoÄŸan palace rises to 41

Following the decision of nine bar associations across Turkey to boycott the opening ceremony of the new judicial year at the presidential palace in Ankara on...

Turkish gov’t fires 3 Kurdish mayors, detains hundreds on terrorism charges

Turkey’s Interior Ministry fired three elected mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and detained more than 400 people  on terrorism charges on...

Pro-gov’t media firm in crisis mode after advertising revenue from İstanbul municipality cut

The Türk Media Group, owned by pro-government businessman Ethem Sancak, has gone into financial crisis after the new administration of the İstanbul Municipality has stopped paying TL...

9 bar associations to boycott new judicial year opening at presidential palace

Nine bar associations across Turkey have turned down an invitation from the Supreme Court of Appeals to the opening ceremony of the new judicial year at...

More than a hundred graves vandalized in Turkey’s south

Over a hundred graves were vandalized and spray painted with threatening messages on Wednesday night in the Reyhanlı district of Hatay province in southern Turkey, the Sol...

Medical student jailed over Gülen links begs for justice in letter

Münise Kübra Çakırçoban, a medical student who was put behind bars three years ago due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, has asked for justice...

Lawyer who mysteriously appeared says previously missing men are just fine

A lawyer who represented in court two of four previously missing men who were allegedly kidnapped by the Turkish intelligence agency in February and were missing...

ErdoÄŸan has made more than 2,000 appointments to state posts in 13 months

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has made a total of 2,241 appointments to state posts since he was elected president in 2018 under a newly adopted...

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