Turkey: Italian journalist was released
An Italian journalist arrested in Turkey while researching refugees near the Syrian border has been freed after two weeks in detention, Italy’s foreign ministry said…
Human rights in Turkey
Istanbul: Anti-Erdogan protests continue over referendum results
Around 1,500 people have protested the outcome of Turkey’s recent referendum in Istanbul. Earlier, the country’s top election authority voted against annulling the referendum results…
Democracy in Turkey didn’t die on sunday
On Sunday, Turkey’s electorate voted to vastly expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and many knelled the demise of Turkish democracy. They’re wrong,…
Turkey: Erdogan slams criticism of disputed referendum – Video
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday angrily rejected criticism by international monitors of a referendum granting him extra powers that was disputed by the…
Why Turkish people voted yes at the referendum – Video
Jana Jabbour, researcher at Sciences Po Paris, says Erdogan’s charisma and the issue of security were reasons for his victory at the referendum. Source: video.cnbc.com
Turkey arrests German reporter – Video
Turkish authorities have formally arrested a reporter for a prominent German newspaper (Die Welt) who has been critical of the ruling AK party. Deniz Yucel,…
’Insulting’ Erdogan on social media – Canadian arrested in Turkey
A Canadian woman has been arrested in Turkey for allegedly insulting the country’s president in comments posted on Facebook, her Turkish lawyer said Thursday. Ece…
Who forbids Turkish couples from moaning during sex?
It’s long been said that government has no business in people’s bedrooms. Government, however, hasn’t always agreed. But this time, at least, it appears to be…
A midnight move to set free child sex abusers: in the name of “our culture”
Midnight of 17 November 2016, six MPs of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) tabled a surprise motion that would grant what amounts to…
Hope fades as Turkish rescue workers struggle to reach buried miners
Rescue teams recovered another body from a copper mine that collapsed in southeastern Turkey, officials said Friday, raising the death toll to four. A rescue…