Turkish parliament strips Kurdish MP of parliamentary status
The Turkish parliament on Thursday stripped lawmaker Semra Güzel from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), who is currently in jail, of her parliamentary...
Ailing inmate in Turkey struck with paralysis after authorities found him fit to remain...
Cemal Tanhan, a 68-year-old man incarcerated in Bolu province despite suffering from severe illness, has become paralyzed despite the fact that the Council of...
Top court finds reduced sentence for man who killed woman for rejecting proposal ‘reasonable’
A board at the Supreme Court of Appeals has found the reduction of a sentence given to a man who was convicted of the...
Teenage daughter of imprisoned Turkish teacher dies, illustrating ongoing fallout from post-coup purges
A 15-year-old girl whose mother is serving a prison sentence on conviction of alleged ties to the Gülen movement was found dead in her...
Journalist Nur Ener behind bars in Turkey for reporting on rights violations
A young woman journalist who reported about rights violations in Turkey languishes behind prison bars for 245 days in Turkey while prosecutor who asked...
Turkey admits to allowing Ethiopia to deploy drones involved in mass civilian casualties: report
A high-ranking Turkish government official has acknowledged that Turkey granted permission for Ethiopia to deploy Turkish-manufactured armed drones, which have been used in attacks...
Wife of former school principal jailed on Gülen links dies from illness
A former school principal who has been incarcerated for seven years on Gülen charges lost his wife on Monday to chronic illness, the TR724...
5 years later, Turkish woman still haunted by strip-search in police custody
A young woman detained over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a case that made nationwide headlines five years ago has said...
Turkey’s top court finds academic’s right to freedom of expression was violated
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found rights violations in the case of Mahiye Sevin Bayraktar, a lecturer at Ankara University who faced disciplinary action for...
20,312 military personnel summarily dismissed from Turkish Armed Forces over alleged Gülen links
A total of 20,312 military personnel have been summarily dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016...
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