9+ hour, 18+ min ago  (447+ words) The Turkish presidency's Directorate of Communications has revoked the press card of journalist "smail Ar, citing a criminal record that official documents show does not exist, the Birg'n daily reported. According to Ar, officials from the directorate informed him verbally…...

10+ hour, 14+ min ago  (207+ words) Durmu" Zorlu, a 54-year-old former police officer imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based G'len movement, died of a heart attackin "zmir's K'r'klar Prison on Thursday, the TR724 news website reported. Zorlu reportedly collapsed in the prison courtyard shortly before a…...

11+ hour, 4+ min ago  (408+ words) Turkey has blocked access to Change. org, a global online petition platform widely used for digital signature campaigns on social, political and rights-related issues, according to an announcement by a digital rights monitoring group. The Freedom of Expression Association's (F'D)…...

12+ hour, 42+ min ago  (589+ words) Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that a former teacher's terrorism conviction violated his right to a fair trial because lower courts relied mainly on allegations that he used By Lock, an encrypted messaging app Turkish authorities link to the faith-based…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (578+ words) Turkey's European Union membership talks cannot resume without concrete democratic progress, the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey said at a Wednesday press conference. Nacho S'nchez Amor, the Spanish lawmaker who leads the European Parliament's reporting on Turkey, said the EU…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (696+ words) A Syriac community newspaper in southeastern Turkey has been excluded from a state-administered aid program for minority publications under rules limiting the support to Istanbul-based Armenian, Greek and Jewish newspapers, the Agos news website reported, prompting a lawmaker to allege…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (784+ words) A former judge at Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals who spent nearly eight years in prison has alleged that prison guards beat him in a room outside camera view and that his rights complaint over the incident has remained unaddressed…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (726+ words) Syrian migrant women, children and LGBTQ+ people in Istanbul are facing growing barriers to health care, education and legal protection as fears of deportation and pressure to return home deepen insecurity among migrants, a Turkish migrant solidarity group said in…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (681+ words) Turkey will update and resubmit extradition requests for people accused of links to the faith-based G'len movement, Justice Minister Ak'n G'rlek has said, signaling a renewed push to secure the return of government critics and alleged movement members from abroad…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (389+ words) The mother of a 9-month-old infant detained in "zmir over alleged links to the faith-based G'len movement has been jailed following a court order for her arrest, despite raising concerns during her testimony about her child's medical condition, the TR724 news…...