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Turkish police and intelligence units tortured a group of former Foreign Ministry staff members, including diplomats, the Ankara Bar Association and a lawmaker have claimed, throwing the…

One of Turkey's best-known opposition journalists, Kadri Gursel, was sent back to prison on Wednesday. But he was released on Wednesday evening.

At least five Turkish foreign ministry personnel were tortured after their arrest over a failed coup, a lawyers' association claimed on Tuesday, supporting similar allegations by an…

Thousands of inmates in Turkish prisons ended their mass hunger strike on Sunday, heeding a calling by militant Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan whose jail conditions they were protesting.

CNN's Turkish channel was criticized Tuesday after it cut short an interview with the opposition candidate for Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, who was stripped of his position one month…

Turkey has lifted a ban on lawyer visits to imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, the justice minister said on Thursday, reversing an eight-year policy of isolation. 

Istanbul's deposed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who was stripped of his election win this week, told AFP he would lead a "revolution" for democracy ahead of next month's re-run of the vote.

Following weeks of speculation, Turkey's top election body has ordered a re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan alleged widespread fraud in the vote,…

Turkey's top election body ordered a re-run of the Istanbul mayoral election on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party complained about its shock defeat in the vote, the state…

Turkey's highest court rejected appeals on Friday from two prominent journalists jailed over links to the failed coup in 2016, state media reported.