JWF report reveals political abuse of INTERPOL’s notice system by AKP gov’t
A report by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), a New York-based international civil society organization, has shown through two cases that Turkish authorities...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 110 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 110 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
Mother of toddler sent to prison over Gülen links despite regulations
Esra Aşçı, the mother of a 16-month-old boy, was arrested on Wednesday in a terrorism case for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
Council of State refuses to reinstate Istanbul Convention soon after Erdoğan’s remarks targeting treaty
The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has rejected appeals requesting the cancellation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s executive decree withdrawing Turkey from...
European lawyers demonstrate in solidarity with jailed Turkish attorneys
Lawyers in several European countries this week staged demonstrations in front of Turkish diplomatic missions to show solidarity with attorneys imprisoned in Turkey, according...
Turkey plans to use INTERPOL event to mislead international community, US senator says
A US senator has said the Turkish government plans to use the upcoming INTERPOL General Assembly in İstanbul to lie to and mislead the...
Turkey’s top court fines gov’t for torture in 5 cases, demands investigation into perpetrators
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled in favor of applicants who claimed that they had faced torture and inhuman treatment in five different cases and ordered...
Rights activist Avazyan briefly detained by Turkish police at airport
Natali Avazyan, a Turkish-Armenian human rights activist, tweeted on Wednesday that she was being taken into police custody at an airport in the southern...
102 journalists appeared in court, 10 sentenced to prison in 3 months: report
One hundred two journalists appeared at hearings in their trials in Turkey from July to September, and 10 of them were sentenced to a...
Erdoğan supporters discuss on Clubhouse how to exterminate political prisoners
Audio records of a chatroom on social media app Clubhouse revealed a conversation among supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on how to...
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