Turkey
Prominent group demands ‘autonomous and free’ Boğaziçi University
July 7, 2021
Prominent group demands ‘autonomous and free’ Boğaziçi University
A group of 14 journalists, writers and academics has started a signature campaign on the change.org website demanding that Boğaziçi…
Turkish soldier killed by gunfire from Syria
July 7, 2021
Turkish soldier killed by gunfire from Syria
A Turkish soldier was killed in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday by gunfire from an area in northern Syria controlled by…
Court arrests Farm Bank founder accused of defrauding gamers
July 7, 2021
Court arrests Farm Bank founder accused of defrauding gamers
Mehmet Aydın, who allegedly defrauded thousands of Turks of millions of dollars by way of an online investment app and…
German foreign minister calls for new refugee deal with Turkey
June 22, 2021
German foreign minister calls for new refugee deal with Turkey
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has stressed the need to make a new agreement on refugees with Ankara, Deutsche Welle…
Top court rules no rights violation in case of police chief found dead in jail
June 22, 2021
Top court rules no rights violation in case of police chief found dead in jail
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled there was no rights violation concerning the imprisonment of a former police intelligence chief who…
Turkey uses ambiguous counterterrorism laws to silence opposition: report
June 22, 2021
Turkey uses ambiguous counterterrorism laws to silence opposition: report
Membership in an armed terrorist organization as defined in the Counterterrorism Law (TMK) and a controversial article of the Turkish…
Turkey to lift Sunday lockdowns in July
June 22, 2021
Turkey to lift Sunday lockdowns in July
Turkey will soon lift Sunday lockdowns and roll back most other restrictions as its latest wave of the pandemic subsides,…
IPU urges Turkey to end continued arbitrary detention of former opposition MP
June 13, 2021
IPU urges Turkey to end continued arbitrary detention of former opposition MP
The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global organization of national parliaments, has said in a recent decision…
İstanbul mayor reveals sewage pumped into Marmara Sea before his time in office
June 11, 2021
İstanbul mayor reveals sewage pumped into Marmara Sea before his time in office
Amid a “sea snot” outbreak in the Sea of Marmara, İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has announced that he learned after…
Appeals court upholds 22-year sentence given to former Kurdish MP
June 11, 2021
Appeals court upholds 22-year sentence given to former Kurdish MP
A regional appeals court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır has upheld a prison sentence of 22 years, three…