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Turkey intervened in 320 peaceful demonstrations in 5 months: report

Turkish law enforcement intervened in 320 peaceful demonstrations across the country and detained at least 2,123 people, violating protestors’ right to assembly, between January...

EU considers 3.5 billion euro migrant funding for Turkey: report

The European Union is considering 3.5 billion euros ($4.18 billion) for Turkey to continue hosting Syrian refugees until 2024, two diplomats said on Wednesday,...

CoE asks Turkey to stop stigmatization of LGBTI people

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has called on Turkey in a letter to two ministers to stop the stigmatization of...

Number of people living in poverty in Turkey rises to 18 mln: TurkStat

The number of people in Turkey who are officially recognized as living in poverty rose to 17,921,000 in 2020, a 714,000 increase over 2019,...

Turkey files extradition request for businessman arrested in Austria

The Turkish government has submitted an official request to extradite from Austria a Turkish businessman involved in a money-laundering scheme in the United States...

Turkey absent from signatories of joint statement calling on China to allow Xinjiang access

Turkey is noticeably absent from signatories of a cross-regional joint statement urging China to allow the immediate access of United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

30-year-old Kurdish asylum seeker dies en route to Europe from Turkey

A 30-year-old Kurdish woman from Iran died after crossing into Greece from Turkey with her family on June 20, the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

Rights groups call on EU to strengthen commitment to improvement of fundamental rights and rule of law in Turkey

Improvement in fundamental rights and the rule of law should be at the heart of EU-Turkey relations, said 16 human rights and freedom of...

Health minister says 134 diagnosed with delta variant of coronavirus in Turkey

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that 134 people have been diagnosed with the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus in Turkey,...

Half ton of cocaine seized at port in southern Turkey

Turkish customs on Tuesday seized 463 kilograms of cocaine in a container from Ecuador in the southern province of Mersin, Turkey’s Trade Minister Mehmet...

Senior presidency employee elected head of Turkey’s Court of Accounts

A personnel manager from the presidency has been elected by parliament as the new president of the Court of Accounts, the government body responsible...

Refugees in Turkey left out of COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Many refugees in Turkey have not been able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because of language barriers and a lack of knowledge about their...

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