Shots fired from both sides at Greek-Turkish border at asylum seekers fleeing Turkey’s crackdown
Border guards from Turkey and Greece on Thursday fired on a group of 11 asylum seekers fleeing a political crackdown by the Turkish government,...
Top court orders Turkish gov’t to pay damages to Syrian refugee for deportation
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of a Syrian refugee who lodged an individual application due to a deportation order issued because of...
Court refuses to release journalist who photographed murder of Kurdish student
A Kurdish journalist who has been the subject of frequent judicial harassment since he photographed the killing of a Kurdish university student by a...
İstanbul Governor’s Office refuses to allow Mahsa Amini commemoration
The İstanbul Governor’s Office has refused to issue a permit to a group of civil society organizations that sought to hold a commemoration ceremony...
Opposition MP faces removal of parliamentary immunity due to criticism of Turkish military
A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceedings for an opposition lawmaker that may cause him to lose his parliamentary immunity, accusing him...
Journalist given suspended sentence due to social media posts
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended 15-month sentence to a Kurdish journalist on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in her social media...
Kılıçdaroğlu to face trial for ‘insulting’ ex-minister implicated in 2013 graft probe
Turkey’s main opposition leader will stand trial on charges of “insulting a public officer” due to his statements about a former minister implicated in...
Turkey’s controversial top court judge denies jailed mob boss’s bribery allegations
Yüksel Kocaman, a controversial figure and member of the Supreme Court of Appeals, has denied allegations of bribery made by a mob boss who...
Turkish court drops case against women’s rights group fighting femicide
A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected a prosecutor’s attempt to shut down a leading women’s rights group that fights against femicide on charges of...
10 briefly detained in western Turkey for protesting anti-LGBT public ad
Turkish police on Tuesday intervened in a demonstration in İzmir protesting the broadcast of an anti-LGBT public ad on TV stations, briefly detaining 10...
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