Lawyer rearrested days after release from prison in Turkey
Metin Can Yılmaz, a Turkish human rights lawyer who was sentenced to over 12 years in prison on alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Kurdish-language traffic signs defaced in eastern Turkey
Unidentified people have defaced Kurdish-language traffic signs in the eastern provinces of Diyarbakır and Van, in what appears to be a racially motivated attack...
UN committee raises concerns over continued allegations of torture in Turkey
The UN Committee Against Torture on Friday published its findings on several countries which were reviewed in its latest session, expressing alarm at allegations...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns conviction of academic jailed over Gülen links
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of Vedat Demir, a professor of communications and former columnist who was sentenced to more...
Top court finds public benefit in report on terror-linked ‘gov’t’ award to state-run TRT
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found “public benefit” in a 2019 report by the sendika.org news website concerning an award Turkey’s public broadcaster had received...
Prosecutors find no grounds to investigate statistics agency executives over data manipulation
Prosecutors in Ankara have found no legal grounds to initiate an investigation into executives from the country’s national statistical agency, the Turkish Statistical Institute...
Millions of Syrians must be able to return home safely: Turkish FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said more than half of all Syrians live outside their country and that they “must be able to return...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court disregards landmark ECtHR judgment in Gülen movement trials: legal expert
A judgment recently delivered by Turkey’s Constitutional Court has demonstrated that the top court is turning a blind eye to a landmark European Court...
EU-funded NGO report on hate speech in Turkey slammed for discriminating against Gülen movement
An NGO report on hate speech in Turkey that was prepared with funding from the European Union was widely criticized for ignoring the prevalent...
Turkish navy officer dismissed in post-coup purge dies by suicide
Recep Aydın, a former officer in the Turkish navy dismissed by an emergency decree during a purge of state institutions following an attempted coup...
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