Timur Soykan and Murat Ağırel, two well-known journalists, were taken into custody during morning raids on their homes in İstanbul as part of an investigation involving “threat and blackmail" ...

Police chasing protesters following a demonstration at Saraçhane Square. (Ali Dinç/bianet) A woman detained during protests in İstanbul following the arrest of Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has alleged that ...

The detention of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu along with over 100 others triggered protests in Turkey’s parliament. MP Ali Mahir Başarır, deputy chair of the main opposition Republican People's Party ...

As İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and more than 100 others were detained in a sweeping crackdown, Turkey has imposed widespread restrictions on social media and messaging platforms. Major platforms, ...

IPS Communication Foundation / bianet received European Union financial support for the "Election Journalism Monitoring Guide" project in May 2023 under the Etkiniz EU program. Within the scope of ...

In İstanbul, women marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov 25 despite heavy police intervention. Women’s groups had initially planned to hold the ...

The Interior Ministry has appointed trustees to replace the mayors of Dersim (Tunceli) and its Ovacık istrict, both of whom were convicted on Nov 20 for “membership in a terrorist organization.” ...

At least 152 workers lost their lives in work-related incidents across Turkey in September, according to the monthly report of the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG). The total number of ...

The family of Narin Güran, the 8-year-old girl found murdered in Diyarbakır, is now facing allegations of actively obstructing the search for their missing daughter. Narin vanished from her village on ...

“This tradition will continue to be passed down through generations. Every eye that looks at Galatasaray Square, every stone in that square, is a witness to this great shame of the state and the ...

In response to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, Turkey's Ministry of Trade has announced a restriction on the export of 54 product categories to Israel. The decision, which was communicated through the ...

In the rural Ağaçlıdere Neighborhood of the Sur district in Diyarbakır, a dispute erupted among candidates for muhtar (neighborhood or village head), resulting in the killing of a polling station ...