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Alevi organizations call on Turkish authorities to lift compulsory religious classes and recognize cemevis

Alevi organizations on Sunday staged demonstrations in several provinces of Turkey demanding that compulsory religion classes in schools be abolished and that cemevis, Alevi...

Ukrainians rally in İstanbul to protest Russian invasion of their homeland

Ukrainians living in Turkey and representatives of several nongovernmental organizations gathered in front of the Russian Consulate General in İstanbul on Friday to protest...

Court removes judicial probation for 52 Boğaziçi students standing trial over protests

Judicial probation measures imposed by a court on 52 students from the İstanbul-based Boğaziçi University who were indicted for taking part in protests against...

Boğaziçi University rector appoints himself as faculty dean in controversial move

Naci İnci, who was appointed rector of Boğaziçi University by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in August 2021 despite his high disapproval rating, on...

Police ban on Kurdish music in İstanbul street sparks Kurdish music frenzy

A large number of politicians, singers and social media users have shared videos of their Kurdish song performances and those of Kurdish singers in...

Vast majority of police officers suspected of excessive use of force go unpunished

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has stated that as few as 12 of 2,594 police officers who were suspected of excessive use of force...

Turkey’s higher education watchdog removes 3 Boğaziçi University deans

Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) on Jan.18 removed three deans at the İstanbul-based Boğaziçi University from their positions amid ongoing protests against the  appointment...

4 Turkish political parties condemn anti-gov’t protests in Kazakhstan in rare show of unity

In a rare show of unity four political parties in the Turkish Parliament have condemned anti-government protests in Kazakhstan that descended into violence last...

[OPINION] Turkey and Russia on opposite sides over struggling Kazakhstan

Türkmen Terzi Kazakhstan, the largest country in Central Asia, has rarely made international headlines over the last 30 years. This changed in the past week with...

Court rules to release 2 student protestors from pretrial detention

A court on Friday ruled to release two university students who have been in pretrial detention for more than three months for participating in...

Boğaziçi University academic says he was fired over a tweet

Can Candan, a former faculty member at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University and a documentary filmmaker, has said he was informed that his dismissal from the...

Turkey saw widespread student protests in 2021 due to political meddling, financial problems

Turkey witnessed a large number of student protests in 2021, mainly due to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s appointment of loyalist rectors to universities and...

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