9.6 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

Headline

Journalist, women rights activists detained in police raids in SE Turkey

Turkish police have detained a journalist from the Jinnews agency, which run by women and publishes in Kurdish, and women’s rights activists following raids...

Expelled MP detained by police officer whose alleged acts of torture he raised in parliament

A police officer whose alleged torture and maltreatment of detainees was exposed by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former lawmaker who was expelled from parliament...

Turkey inflation above 16 percent in test for new central bank chief

Turkey's annual inflation climbed above 16 percent in March for the first time since mid-2019, data showed on Monday, piling pressure on new central...

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...

Latest news

Liked it? Take a second to support Turkish Minute on Patreon!
Become a patron at Patreon!