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Theater player who fled to Turkey after Mahsa Amini protests facing deportation to Iran

Theater player who fled to Turkey after Mahsa Amini protests facing deportation to Iran

Ali Pouransari had already spent over a year behind bars in Iran and had come to Turkey with the intention of moving to Canada.

8 September 2023

Rights advocates urge release of LGBTI+ activist facing repatriation to Iran

Rights advocates urge release of LGBTI+ activist facing repatriation to Iran

Elyas Torabibaeskendari, who has been residing in Turkey for 10 years and is under international protection status, may face death sentence in their own country, rights defenders warn.

30 June 2023 Evrim Kepenek

Over 500 kilos of narcotics seized in truck transporting from Iran

Over 500 kilos of narcotics seized in truck transporting from Iran

Acting on a tip-off the police intercepted the truck in eastern Turkey.

Defense Ministers of Turkey, Russia, Syria and Iran to meet in Moscow

Defense Ministers of Turkey, Russia, Syria and Iran to meet in Moscow

Defense Minister of Turkey announced that the meeting where the defense ministers and heads of intelligence services of the four countries will meet is planned to take place in Moscow tomorrow.

Quadripartite summit on Syria to be held in early April

Quadripartite summit on Syria to be held in early April

The summit will mark a new phase in the normalization process between Turkey and Syria.

Russia backs Iran's involvement in Türkiye-Syria talks, says Lavrov

Russia backs Iran's involvement in Türkiye-Syria talks, says Lavrov

In late December, defense ministers and intelligence chiefs of Russia, Türkiye and Syria met in Moscow in what was the highest-level meeting between Ankara and Damascus since the beginning of the war in Syria. (SD/VK)

1 February 2023

TTB to Iran Medical Council: 'Death Sentence should be abolished'

TTB to Iran Medical Council: 'Death Sentence should be abolished'

Medical Association of Türkiye has sent a letter to the chairperson of Iran Medical Council Raishzahed and called for execution of doctor Hamid Qarahasanlou to be stopped.

14 December 2022

Journalists from Iran face rising threats in Türkiye along with tensions back home

Journalists from Iran face rising threats in Türkiye along with tensions back home

Iran's pressure on journalists inside and outside the country is not new. Yet with rising online harassment and recent attempts to kidnap dissidents living in Türkiye, dozens of journalists and activists taking refuge on this side of the border feel increasingly at risk.

9 November 2022 Şenol Balı

Iran, always very near

Iran, always very near

Most practical way to understand the socio-economic structure of Iran will be to compare the situation in Iran with data from Türkiye. Evaluating both similarities and differences may make it easier for us to understand Iran.

8 November 2022 Bülent Danışoğlu

Paradise across the border: Tourists from Iran fuel Van’s economy

Paradise across the border: Tourists from Iran fuel Van’s economy

Türkiye is often criticized for increasingly curtailing the freedoms of its citizens, especially by the Western world. Yet for tourists coming from Iran, a neighboring country that has been ruled by an Islamic regime since 1979, Türkiye provides many more freedoms than they have back home.

20 October 2022 Gonca Tokyol

Women from Iran burn headscarves in İstanbul in Mahsa Amini protests

Women from Iran burn headscarves in İstanbul in Mahsa Amini protests

"There have always been women who do not bow to the religious fascist regime of Iran, which tries to fit women into certain forms by ignoring their lives, rights and will through provisions designed according to Sharia," said the protesters in İstanbul. In Ankara, many protesters were detained.

3 October 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Demirtaş shaves off hair in support of women's protests in Iran

Demirtaş shaves off hair in support of women's protests in Iran

Selahattin Demirtaş and Selçuk Mızraklı, the dismissed mayor of Diyarbakır, have expressed support for the protests against Mahsa Amini's killing in Iran.

23 September 2022

Putin, Raisi reiterate commitment to Syria's territorial integrity as Erdoğan vows to fight YPG

TRIPARTITE SUMMIT

Putin, Raisi reiterate commitment to Syria's territorial integrity as Erdoğan vows to fight YPG

President Erdoğan said Turkey is determined to fight the Kurdish groups while the leaders of Russia and Iran said the Damascus government should take control of the entire country.

Israel lowers travel warning to Turkey as Bennet thanks Erdoğan for 'foiling Iran's attacks'

Israel lowers travel warning to Turkey as Bennet thanks Erdoğan for 'foiling Iran's attacks'

Israel had warned its citizens in Turkey to leave the country, citing threats from Iran.

Israel warns against travel to Turkey due to 'Iran's possible revenge'

Israel warns against travel to Turkey due to 'Iran's possible revenge'

Israel's National Security Council has warned its citizens about traveling to Turkey citing Iran's blaming Israel for the assassination of a colonel.

Refugee woman from Iran: Why is the man who raped me not arrested?

BEING A REFUGEE WOMAN IN TURKEY

Refugee woman from Iran: Why is the man who raped me not arrested?

Khatre S., who came to Turkey to study for a master’s degree, says she was raped by a man. She filed a lawsuit.

12 May 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Urgent action by Amnesty International for maltreated Iranian LGBTI+ rights defender

DETAINED NEAR TURKEY-IRAN BORDER

Urgent action by Amnesty International for maltreated Iranian LGBTI+ rights defender

Amnesty International notes that “the Revolutionary Guards arrested Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani, known as Sareh, on October 27, 2021 near Iran-Turkey border while she was attempting to irregularly enter Turkey to seek international protection.”

11 February 2022

Opposition MPs criticize decision to deport refugees over İstanbul Convention protests

Opposition MPs criticize decision to deport refugees over İstanbul Convention protests

Main opposition CHP MP Yüceer and HDP MP Gülüm have submitted Parliamentary questions, reminding the Vice President and the Interior Minister about Iran’s unlawful practices against women and stressing that Turkey’s decision is not lawful.

8 February 2022

Turkey to end restrictions on industrial natural gas use

Turkey to end restrictions on industrial natural gas use

Natural gas delivery to industrial facilities have been restricted since January 20.

7 February 2022

President Erdoğan says his words ‘didn’t address Sezen Aksu’

President Erdoğan says his words ‘didn’t address Sezen Aksu’

Updating what he had said about musician Sezen Aksu, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan said, “The interlocutor of my address was not Sezen Aksu. I uttered the expression of ‘ripping out tongues’ as a stance on [the ones] against the sacreds.”

27 January 2022

Why has Iran's natural gas cut caused a crisis in Turkey?

Why has Iran's natural gas cut caused a crisis in Turkey?

The opposition has slammed the government for not using natural gas storage facilities in full capacity.

26 January 2022

Two refugees from Afghanistan freeze to death on Turkey-Iran border

Two refugees from Afghanistan freeze to death on Turkey-Iran border

In the last two months, at least eight refugees were frozen to death in the border areas.

17 January 2022

US appeals court puts Halkbank trial on hold

US appeals court puts Halkbank trial on hold

The order of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan has allowed Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank to lodge an appeal without having to defend against the criminal case at the same time.

17 January 2022

Foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran agree on 'new roadmap' for cooperation

Foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran agree on 'new roadmap' for cooperation

Minister Çavuşoğlu has visited Iran's foreign minister and president, discussing bilateral relations and regional issues.

16 November 2021

'Deportation of 39 refugees from Afghanistan should be immediately stopped'

DİYARBAKIR BAR ASSOCIATION

'Deportation of 39 refugees from Afghanistan should be immediately stopped'

Thirty-nine people, including 15 children, who were deported and re-entered the country, face deportation again. Diyarbakır Bar says some of them have marks of torture on their bodies.

30 September 2021

Turkey to ‘put up a wall on its entire border with Iran’

VAN GOVERNOR

Turkey to ‘put up a wall on its entire border with Iran’

Van Governor Bilmez has announced that a wall will be built along the 295-kilometer Turkey-Iran border. He has also noted that a 160-kilometer ditch will be dug and 500 village guards will be employed to work on the border by the end of the year.

People fleeing escalated conflict in Afghanistan heading to Turkey

People fleeing escalated conflict in Afghanistan heading to Turkey

Some refugees coming from Afghanistan are stuck in Diyarbakır as the smugglers to take them to İstanbul did not show up.

‘Parliamentary subcommittee must convene for the Iranian anti-hijab activist’

‘Parliamentary subcommittee must convene for the Iranian anti-hijab activist’

HDP Muş MP Kılıç-Koçyiğit has indicated that the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Migration and Integration must convene to discuss the situation of Nasibe Shemsai, an Iranian anti-hijab activist currently held in Edirne Immigration Removal Center.

20 November 2020

‘Turkey has to fulfil its obligation to protect its citizen’

‘Turkey has to fulfil its obligation to protect its citizen’

The Van Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD): “In an open border breach, the soldiers of Iran massacred Şefik Bağa and committed an international crime.”

11 November 2020

Turkey to extradite Iranian women's rights activist Mariam Shariatmadari

Turkey to extradite Iranian women's rights activist Mariam Shariatmadari

Shariatmadari has been seeking refuge in Turkey after she was convicted in her country for violating the compulsory headscarf law.

8 September 2020

US appeals court upholds former Halkbank manager's sentence

US appeals court upholds former Halkbank manager's sentence

Hakan Atilla, a former manager of Turkey's state-owned Halkbank, was sentenced to 32 months in prison for evading the US sanctions on Iran.

Bodies of six refugees found after boat sank in Lake Van near Turkey's Iran border

Bodies of six refugees found after boat sank in Lake Van near Turkey's Iran border

The boat is believed to be carrying as many as 60 people, the Interior Minister has said.

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