Court bans access to report on loans from state lender to crime boss’s front...
An İstanbul court has summarily banned access to a report describing how a Turkish state lender allegedly gave 550 million lira ($17 million) in...
Turkey Tribunal: 2016 coup was a ‘gift from God’ for gov’t to purge independent...
The judges of the Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, on Wednesday heard...
PACE rapporteur again calls on Turkey to implement ECtHR rulings after monitoring visit
Stefan Schennach, one of the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Turkey’s obligations and commitments,...
Parents of Berkin Elvan to stand trial for insulting President Erdoğan
The parents of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was struck in the head with a gas canister fired by a police officer during the...
Lawyer alleges brutal assault by Istanbul police
A Turkish lawyer in a statement on X has alleged severe police brutality at the Istanbul Police Department’s organized crime unit after attempting to...
Turkish asylum seeker dies in Germany after fleeing persecution in Turkey
A 31-year-old man who fled to Germany in search of a safer life after being sentenced to prison in Turkey for alleged links to...
Turkey’s justice ministry refuses to assert authority for Kavala’s retrial
The Turkish Justice Ministry has rejected a petition from the lawyers of jailed businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala asking the ministry to assert its...
Turkey placed under money laundering watch
Global money-laundering watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) placed Turkey under increased monitoring on Thursday for shortcomings in combatting money laundering and terrorism...
878 workers died in occupational accidents in the first half of 2024: İSİG
A total of 878 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in the first half of this year, according to a report by the...
Turkish authorities seek to make COVID-related restrictions in prisons permanent, jailed Kurdish leader says
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is trying to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic in order to continue restricting the visitation rights of inmates, jailed Kurdish leader...
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