Erdoğan files criminal complaint against columnist, alleging instigation of coup

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against journalist Ragıp Zarakolu for a column he wrote, accusing him of “instigating...

In aftermath of mass purge, nearly half of Turkey’s judges and prosecutors are inexperienced...

Thousands of judges and prosecutors in Turkey have been sacked and replaced by inexperienced newcomers, Reuters reported, citing government data which revealed that at...

Turkey’s top court will review discriminatory law on release of prisoners

The Turkish Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday to review the constitutionality of legislation on the execution of sentences that was recently approved by parliament...

Turkish band member ends hunger strike on 322nd day after negotiations with officials: report

Musician İbrahim Gökçek of the left-wing Turkish band Grup Yorum ended a prolonged hunger strike on Tuesday after positive negotiations with Turkish authorities over...

Turkey keeps sick inmate in prison after repeated intensive care treatment

Sabri Kaya, an inmate in an Osmaniye detention facility with a heart condition, was sent back to prison after several visits to intensive care...

Amnesty says Turkish government’s crackdown on dissidents in Turkey continued in 2019

The government’s crackdown on dissidents in Turkey continued in 2019, despite the end of a two-year-long state of emergency in July 2018, Amnesty International...

Turkey is de facto dictatorship, says German think tank Bertelsmann Stiftung

The German Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation stated in a recent publication that Turkey can no longer be classified as a democracy and described it as...

‘Put Turkey on Special Watch List,’ says US government commission on religious freedom

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the US Congress to monitor, analyze and...

PACE calls for urgent action to amend early release law to include political prisoners

Several Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs have urged Turkish authorities to take the necessary legal steps to redress injustice emanating from...

HRW calls on Turkey to investigate disappearance of Gökhan Türkmen

Human Rights Watch has called on the government of Turkey to investigate the circumstances surrounding the abduction of a Turkish man who turned up...

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