26.8 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

Top Stories

Rights group alleges systematic abuse in Turkish prisons

A Turkish legal advocacy group says prisoners in several of the country’s high-security facilities are facing systematic rights violations, including prolonged solitary confinement, denial...

Swatch workers in Turkey to strike over pay and workplace rights

Workers at the Swatch Group’s stores in Turkey will launch a nationwide strike on Monday after collective bargaining talks with the company collapsed, the...

Main opposition leader among 12 MPs facing removal of parliamentary immunity

Turkey’s parliament on Friday received 18 summaries of proceedings seeking to lift the immunity of 12 lawmakers, including main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...

Turkey’s central bank raises year-end inflation forecast to 31–33 percent

The Turkish Central Bank on Friday raised its 2025 year-end inflation forecast to a range of 31 to 33 percent in its fourth inflation...

Turkey is drafting law to facilitate PKK members’ return to country under peace plan: report

Turkey is drafting a law that would allow thousands of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members and civilians to return home from northern Iraq as...

Afghanistan, Pakistan push ahead with peace talks in İstanbul after deadly border clashes

Afghan and Pakistani negotiators continued tense peace talks in İstanbul on Friday after deadly border clashes threatened to unravel a fragile ceasefire between the...

Turkey arrests 67 among 178 detained in 2 weeks of operations targeting Gülen movement

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Friday that Turkish courts have arrested 67 people out of 178 who were detained in nationwide operations...

Journalists hit with travel ban after questioning over coverage of jailed İstanbul mayor

A Turkish court banned six Turkish journalists from traveling abroad after they gave statements to the police as suspects in an investigation linked to...

Turkish judges defy Constitutional Court, reject retrial of former city planner

An İstanbul court on Thursday rejected a ruling by Turkey’s Constitutional Court ordering a retrial of former city planner Tayfun Kahraman, attracting criticism from...

Rights groups urge Turkish parliamentary commission to push reforms protecting Kurds

Three international rights groups are urging a cross-party parliamentary commission in Turkey to recommend sweeping legal and institutional reforms aimed at protecting Kurds and other...

Turkey threatens fines against Nutella maker for lost nut sales

Turkish authorities on Thursday warned that they could impose fines on Italian sweet-packaged food company Ferrero for failing to buy Turkish hazelnuts, a key...

30 Turkish bar associations call for Demirtaş’s release after European court ruling

Thirty bar associations across Turkey on Wednesday urged the authorities to release prominent Kurdish opposition leader Selahattin Demirtaş, following a binding European Court of...

Latest news