Lawyer for academic and journalist Mehmet Altan appeals to ECtHR against Turkey’s top judicial...
The lawyer for academic and journalist Mehmet Altan, who was imprisoned after a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has filed a complaint...
Jailed Kurdish politician faces 43 years in prison on propaganda charges
A new indictment seeks a prison sentence of up to 43 years for a Kurdish politician who was already convicted of terrorism-related charges and...
Journalists’ associations to stage demonstrations in 5 provinces protesting arrest of 16 Kurdish journalists
Two journalist organizations will organize demonstrations on Friday in five Turkish provinces protesting the arrest of 16 Kurdish journalists on June 16, the Bianet...
Mother of 3 arrested by Turkish police while fleeing to Greece
A mother of three was arrested by Turkish police on September 17 as she was trying to flee to Greece to seek asylum, the...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist tracked Turkish political dissidents while using fake name and address in Denmark
Abdurrahman Şimşek, news coordinator for the Sabah newspaper, which is aligned with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been "mapping" political dissidents from...
First instance asylum recognition rate of Turks dropped to lowest level in 5 years:...
The first instance asylum recognition rate in September for Turkish applicants in European countries dropped to its lowest level in five years, according to...
9 refugees die in bus accident in southeastern Turkey
Six refugees drowned Friday when their bus fell into an irrigation canal in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, local media reported.
Five others were...
Opposition MP on EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee prevented from leaving Turkey due to travel...
Zeynel Özen, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a member of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) who holds both...
Jailed former judge who underwent major surgery not released despite eligibility for parole
Dismissed judge Mustafa Başer, an inmate who is suffering from cancer and underwent major surgery on Tuesday, is not being released from prison despite...
Turkish intelligence ordered assassination of exiled journalists Bozkurt and Güven, journalist claims
Independent journalist Erkam Tufan Aytav claimed on his YouTube program on Wednesday that a German woman of Turkish origin was ordered by Turkey’s National...
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