Globally in 2016, one third of all imprisoned journalists, media workers and executives were in Turkey’s prisons, with the vast majority waiting to be brought to trial. Freedom of expression in Turkey is under sustained and increasing attack. Since the failed coup attempt in July 2016, academics,…

Water frogs are in danger of becoming regionally extinct in parts of Turkey, where they are native, due to over-harvesting for human consumption, scientists have warned. A study has shown the population of Anatolian water frogs fell by around 20 per cent each year between 2013 and 2015 in…

But then the coronavirus pandemic struck and the 39-year-old domestic worker Lena’s life turned into a nightmare. The family that hired her made her a veritable prisoner in their home, afraid that if she went outside, she’d bring back the pandemic – even though they regularly leave.…

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is set to apply to the Turkish Constitutional Court to annul the “unconstitutional” articles of a recent prisoner release law. The CHP seeks to annul 17 articles out of 69 in its petition consisting of over 100 pages that was…