Trial kicks off with a record number of journalists as suspects
In one of the most important press freedom cases in Turkey, 29 journalists, most are in pre-trial detention for eight months without a trial...
New indictment seeks up to 5 years in prison for jailed Kurdish leader over...
Ankara prosecutors have filed a new indictment for jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on charges...
Turkey orders detention of 9 despite European court ruling that messaging app use alone...
Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of nine people for using an encrypted messaging app despite rulings by the European Court of Human Rights...
Survey shows purge over 8,000 academics leads to 28 pct decrease in scientific research...
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government under the strict rule of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sacked more than 8,000 critical academics...
Erdoğan invokes 2016 coup, causes concern about peaceful transition of power
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sparked controversy on Friday, using Twitter to call for support in Sunday’s elections and comparing the situation to an...
Only 10 percent of UN’s $1 billion flash appeal funded: report
Only 10 percent of the $1 billion flash appeal launched by the United Nations to support millions of Turkish people affected by devastating earthquakes...
‘I don’t want him to die in prison,’ says spouse of lymphoma patient imprisoned...
The wife of Veysel Alıcı, who was arrested in February on charges of links to the Gülen movement despite his lymphoma, told the Bold...
Mass detention of Gülen followers over donations sparks condemnation and anger
Politicians and human rights activists from Turkey and around the world have expressed anger, disappointment and condemnation over the mass detention of people affiliated...
4 former officers on trial for Gülen links detained while trying to flee to...
Four former military officers who are standing trial in Turkey due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement were captured on Turkey’s...
Politician from pro-Kurdish party to stay in prison despite dementia claims
A Turkish court has ordered the continued imprisonment of a Kurdish politician despite claims that she is suffering from dementia, Agence France-Presse reported.
Aysel Tuğluk,...
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