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Turkey allows decades-old Saturday Mothers’ vigil after 5-year ban: report

Members of a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances in Turkey held a vigil on Saturday in central İstanbul without police intervention...

Greek Orthodox church, high school vandalized in İstanbul in racist attack

An unidentified group of vandals threw rocks and spray painted hate messages on the walls of the Church of Panagia Muhliotissa and the Fener...

Turkey’s media watchdog demanding licenses for DW’s alternative websites

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) is asking German broadcaster Deutsche Welle’s (DW) Turkish edition to secure broadcasting licenses for its alternative  websites...

Interior minister says some 238,000 Syrians in Turkey have been naturalized

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced that the number of Syrians who have been granted Turkish citizenship has reached close to 238,000 despite...

Turkey’s RTÜK sanctions TV station over criticism of ruling party voters

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, has imposed a temporary broadcast ban as well as a fine on the Flash...

Lawyers complain of Turkish authorities’ failure to effectively investigate Gabonese student’s death

Lawyers representing the family of Jeannah Dinabongho Ibouanga, a 17-year-old Gabonese student who was allegedly murdered in northwestern Turkey, said the incident was not...

Man imprisoned on Gülen links to spend 10 more months behind bars for making prayer beads

İsmet Özçelik, incarcerated on conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was sentenced to 10 months extra imprisonment for making prayer beads out...

Controversial urban transformation law draws criticism for potential property rights infringements

The recent passage of a law by the Turkish parliament that allows the government to expropriate homes by administrative decision because they are threatened...

Turkey’s top court refuses to annul controversial ‘disinformation law’

In a move that led to disappointment and anger among journalists, Turkey’s top court has refused to annul a controversial media law which press...

Turkey to seek INTERPOL Red Notice for teacher over social media commentary, Gülen links

Turkey’s justice ministry has asked prosecutors to prepare INTERPOL Red Notice request documentation for a former public school teacher sought over a social media...

Hamas representative blames Oct. 7 attack on Israel in Turkish media interview

Khaled Qaddoumi, the Hamas representative in Iran, explained in detail in an exclusive interview with the Gazete Duvar news website the motivation behind the...

Article 19 calls for dismissal of charges against journalist on trial for insulting Islam

Article 19, a London-based international organization defending free expression worldwide, has called for the dismissal of criminal charges against a journalist who is standing...

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