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Diyarbakir Bar Association demands release of journalist Merdan Yanardağ
Journalist Merdan Yanardağ has been arrested on charges of "praising crime and criminals'' for his comments criticizing Turkey's ban on visiting PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been held in isolation on Imrali Island since February…
Large increase in cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Turkey
The UN International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) 2022 report reveals that Turkey is used as a transit point for many drugs to reach the Middle East and European markets. According to the report, the amount of cocaine seized in Turkey…
Despite local resistance, Israel is building a wind farm on the occupied Golan Heights
Israel is pushing ahead with plans for a wind farm in the Golan Heights, which has been occupied and now annexed. Almost unnoticed by the world public, the company "Enlight Renewable Energy" is building a wind farm there consisting of 38…
Swedish and US prosecutors investigate corruption complaint involving Erdoğan’s son
Anti-corruption officials in the United States and Sweden are investigating a complaint of bribery by a Swedish subsidiary of a US company that is also named Bilal Erdoğan, the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. According to…
Erdoğan and Mitsotakis to meet at NATO summit in Vilnius
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet next month on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Mitsotakis' office said a day after he won the national elections. Mitsotakis was sworn in…
Turkey has become a place of torture
The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV), the Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Department of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) issued a joint written statement and data on torture in Turkey on the occasion of…
Armenian Social Council opposes intensified Turkish aggression
In a public statement, the Armenian Social Council expressed its rejection of the Turkish aggression against northern and eastern Syria. Condemning the attacks of the Turkish state, the council affirmed that the intensified attacks will not…
Former HDP MP Piroğlu: “The HDP is the main driving force of the struggle for democracy.”
Last month, Turkey was in the global limelight for its parliamentary and presidential elections. Although some election polls and the opposition had predicted the end of the 21-year rule of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Recep…
The rise of the jihadist organization HTS in Turkish-occupied areas
The Rojava Information Center (RIC) published a report examining the political jihadist branch of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the context of its efforts to portray itself as having abandoned its jihadist roots. Last year, HTS left Idlib,…
Wagner Mercenaries vs. Putin: What the latest developments mean for Ukraine, Africa and the Middle…
The whole world is staring spellbound at Russia, where mercenaries from Wagner's private army led by the notorious Yevgeny Prigoshin have turned against Vladimir Putin and Russia's political leadership. Prigozhin recently called for…