Turkey: ‘I cried as a human being’ over torture claims, says MP Tanrıkulu
“I cried. As a member of parliament, but above all, as a human being, I cried,” said Sezgin Tanrıkulu,...
Merz seals coalition deal to lead Germany amid global turmoil
Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) co-chairs Saskia Esken and Lars...
Students rally in İstanbul: ‘Freedom for our friends’
Thousands of university students from İstanbul’s top institutions marched from Kadıköy Rıhtım to Festivalpark on Tuesday, calling for the immediate...
Majority of Turkey’s southeast region backs Kurdish peace process, survey reveals
A majority of respondents in a new survey conducted by the Sosyo Politik Field Research Centre said that jailed Kurdish...
Torture claims spark concern as Turkish minister denies allegations
Allegations of torture, including strip searches and ill-treatment, have raised concerns in Turkey, particularly following the detention of students involved...
Syrian Kurdish-led forces arrest 16 ISIS suspects in Roj Camp counterterror operation
The Women's Internal Security Forces (Asayîş) and the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) conducted a three-day operation in the Roj Camp,...
Amnesty International: 1,518 executions in 2024, highest number since 2015
Amnesty International's Death Sentences and Executions 2024 report reveals that the number of executions worldwide reached its highest level since...
Cologne Mayor Reker visits İstanbul in solidarity with imprisoned counterpart İmamoğlu
The 'Turkey-Germany Sister Cities Summit', hosted by the Union of Turkish Municipalities (TBB) in İstanbul, officially opened today, 8 April,...
Öcalan urges grassroots democracy: ‘Go to the people, walk with the people!’
MP Ömer Öcalan, of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, spoke with journalist Gülcan Dereli about his recent...
Urgent plea of a Kurdish mother to halt execution of son in Iran sparks outcry
Hamid Huseynnejad Heyderanlu, a Kurdish man from the Çaldıran (Ebex) district of Van (Wan), Turkey, is currently facing a death...
