67-year-old woman standing trial on terrorism charges for attending fundraisers and religious gatherings
Ulviye Yiğitsözlü, 67, appeared at a hearing yesterday at the Osmaniye 2nd High Criminal Court, where she is being tried on charges of membership...
Kurdish teenagers allegedly mistreated by police in SE Turkey
Six teenagers who were detained in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Wednesday allege that they were mistreated by the police, the Mezopotamya news...
Former teacher arrested on Gülen links diagnosed with brain tumor for third time
A former teacher who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement shortly after surgery to remove a tumor from his brain has...
US senators call on Biden to ‘forcefully condemn’ Erdoğan’s efforts to close down pro-Kurdish...
A bipartisan group of 10 US senators has in a letter urged President Joe Biden to “forcefully condemn” his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s escalating...
Istanbul court issues access bans on 30 news reports upon request of radical Islamist...
The Istanbul 8th Criminal Court of Peace in one week issued access bans on 30 news reports upon the request of the radical Islamist...
Turkish authorities launch investigation into journalist who reported on rape and murder allegations against...
Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into Baransel Ağca, a journalist who reported on rape and murder allegations against ruling Justice and Development Party...
Amnesty says justice prevails as Turkey’s top court overturns convictions of 4 rights defenders
“The decision by Türkiye’s highest appeals court to overturn baseless convictions of Amnesty International Türkiye’s Honorary Chair and three other human rights defenders is...
Erdoğan’s communications chief signals new regulation on foreign funding of media outlets
A new regulation will be implemented for media outlets that receive financial support from overseas, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said in response to...
Editor-in-chief of pro-Erdoğan Yeni Akit daily targets widow of slain journalist Hrant Dink
Ali İhsan Karahasanoğlu, editor-in-chief of the pro-government radical Islamist Yeni Akit newspaper, targeted Rakel Dink, the widow of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, in...
ECtHR president cites insufficient resources as reason for jailed journalists’ cases still pending at...
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) President Róbert Ragnar Spanó has given the court’s insufficient resources as the reason that the applications from two...
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