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Former governor arrested in probe into disappearance of Kurdish student

A Turkish court has jailed former Tunceli governor Tuncay Sonel on charges including evidence tampering in a long-running investigation into the 2020 disappearance of...

Turkey’s extradition requests to Finland tied to ‘witch hunt’ targeting Gülen movement followers, experts...

Turkey’s growing number of extradition requests to Finland is part of a “witch hunt” targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement and government critics,...

Turkey orders detention of 9 despite European court ruling that messaging app use alone...

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of nine people for using an encrypted messaging app despite rulings by the European Court of Human Rights...

Nearly 900 children under 6 live in Turkish prisons as overcrowding exceeds 108,000 inmates

A recent report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) has revealed a growing number of children living behind bars with their mothers, while...

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Families of Turkey’s post-coup purge victims call for justice a decade on

Relatives of people imprisoned or dismissed from public service after a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 have called on authorities to end what...

UN rapporteurs raise concerns over prosecution of Turkish LGBTI+ rights defender

United Nations rapporteurs have expressed concern over the prosecution of a trans rights defender in Turkey, saying the case appeared to be linked to...

Turkey’s top court annuls digital search law over privacy safeguards

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a criminal procedure law that allowed judges to authorize searches and the copying and seizing of suspects’ computers and...

PACE rapporteurs warn Turkey’s opposition must not be silenced by force or courts

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) co-rapporteurs on Turkey said Sunday that the country’s opposition must not be silenced “through force or judicial...

9 CHP members arrested in probe linked to annulled party congress

Nine members of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been arrested in an investigation into alleged irregularities at the party’s 2023 congress,...

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