Seriously ill 63-year-old kept behind bars on Gülen links
Ramazan Taşkıran, a 63-year-old man suffering from severe kidney disease and disabilities, is being held in prison on conviction of links to the Gülen...
Turkish hospital defends treatment of inmate in handcuffs
A hospital in Ankara has claimed that the treatment of an inmate in handcuffs was “compatible with medical requirements and needs,” the Bianet news...
EP rapporteur to visit Turkey to monitor Saturday Mothers’ vigil
Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, will travel to Turkey on Saturday to monitor the 975th vigil of the Saturday Mothers in central...
US consulate employee convicted on Gülen links released after serving sentence
A former employee of the US Consulate in İstanbul who was convicted of terrorism due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Turkey’s planned remote-work options for women spark blowback from activists
The Turkish minister of family and social affairs in a social media post said her ministry was working on new regulations that would allow more remote-work...
3 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack in northern Iraq
Three Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Iraq in an attack carried out by militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish Minute...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposes millions in fines on government-critical media
According to a recent statement by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Utku Çakırözer, Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed millions...
Man faces prison for social media posts ridiculing Turkish president Erdoğan
A man in Turkey’s eastern Tunceli province will stand trial on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on two occasions, the Diken...
Turkey’s top court rules in favor of purge victim and mother over ‘inhumane’ police...
The Constitutional Court has found rights violations in the treatment of prominent human rights activist Veli Saçılık and hismother, Kezban Saçılık, who were subjected...
Turkey detains 15 people in operations targeting pro-Kurdish party, lawyers group
At least 15 people, including members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) and the Association for the Freedom of Lawyers (ÖHD),...
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