Turkish authorities launch investigation into CHP lawmaker for commemorating Armenian Remembrance Day
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Monday launched an investigation into Republican People's Party deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu for commemorating Armenian Remembrance Day, the...
Armenian MP faces ‘unprecedented’ backlash over motion seeking genocide recognition
An Armenian member of the Turkish Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has said he has faced an unprecedented level of backlash...
Top court says former Kurdish MP’s rights violated over remarks about Erdoğan
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that Hasip Kaplan, a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), sustained a violation of his right...
CHP lawmaker submits parliamentary questions regarding human rights violations in Turkish prisons
Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Özcan Purçu in a parliamentary question addressing the Turkish Ministry of Justice demanded to know whether the ministry was...
Turkish court upholds pregnant woman’s sentence and denies request for release
An appeals court has upheld the prison sentence handed down to a pregnant woman on conviction of links to the Gülen movement and has...
Wife calls for release of imprisoned former teacher with thyroid cancer
Nesli Kanat, wife of 40-year-old inmate Hakan Kanat, who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in October 2021, has demanded the immediate release of her...
Opposition MP accuses justice ministry of lying about mistreatment, torture in Turkish prisons
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has accused Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ of lying about mistreatment and...
Complaints about Turkish Justice Ministry have surged by 266 pct since 2017
The Turkish Ombudsman, which looks into complaints regarding the delivery of public services in the country, received more than 2,500 complaints about the Justice...
Turkey ordered detention of 148 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 148 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to Turkish...
Turkey prohibits Syrians from going home to see family for Eid
Turkey has prohibited Syrian refugees in the country from visiting family in northern Syria for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr, Turkish Minute reported, citing Voice...
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