1+ day, 29+ min ago   (616+ words) Police detained dozens of people in İstanbul and Ankara early today after raiding offices of queer rights groups and venues frequented by LGBTI+s. Separately, access to websites and social media accounts belonging to numerous LGBTI+ groups and activists was…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (572+ words) Police detained several LGBTI+ activists in Ankara, raided gay bars and other venues in İstanbul and blocked access to seseral LGBTI+ websites and social media accounts in a series of operations since yesterday. The investigation in Ankara centers on the…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (554+ words) Selçuk Mızraklı, the former co-mayor of the Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, was released today after nearly seven years in prison. A crowd that included senior officials and MPs from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party welcomed Mızraklı outside…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (366+ words) Following yesterday’s ruling by the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in favor of Gezi Park protestor Osman Kavala, major human rights organizations Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Turkey Litigation Support…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (296+ words) Independent Mine Workers Union (Bağımsız Maden-İş) President Gökay Çakır found himself under arrest once again yesterday when police showed up at the union’s headquarters in Soma. His detention only shortly followed those of organizing specialist Başaran Aksu and two workers,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (149+ words) Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoan, has proposed a seven-point initiative he called "Containment of Israel for Peace," aimed at securing stability in the Middle East. "Neutralizing Israel within…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (384+ words) New (Yeni) Party deputy Melih Meriç was hospitalized today after being stabbed in the southeastern province of Antep by a former local executive of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), according to local authorities. Meriç, who represents Antep in parliament, underwent…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (245+ words) The Foreign Ministry has condemned Israeli airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, less than 100 kilometers from the Turkish border. In a written statement, the ministry said İsrael's continued attacks violated Syria's territorial integrity and…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (520+ words) A law passed by parliament last week as part of the Kurdish peace process could lead to the release of more than 3,800 prisoners once it takes effect, according to Tuncer Bakırhan, co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM)…...