Turkish police detain 5 Kurdish politicians
Turkish police detained five Kurdish politicians — former mayors and their deputies from the Ergani district of Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır city — on Saturday,...
Famous Turkish actress convicted of ‘insulting’ former soldier accused of rape
Ezgi Mola, a popular Turkish actress, was convicted on insult charges after she protested in a tweet in August 2020 the release of a...
Social media campaign urges release of ailing inmate
Social media users on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to release Ali Odabaşı, the former legal counsel for the now-closed Zaman daily, who has...
Twitter’s lawyer in Turkey tweets hate speech against Gülen movement
Lawyer Gönenç Gürkaynak, who represents Twitter in Turkey, used hate speech against supporters of the Gülen movement in a series of tweets on Saturday,...
10 get aggravated life sentences in 2015 Ankara bombings retrial
A Turkish court has handed down aggravated life sentences and additional prison time to 10 defendants who were retried due to their role in...
Exiled tycoon contests ECtHR decision declaring 2018 complaint ‘inadmissible’
Akın İpek, a Turkish businessman and the founder of Koza İpek Holding who has been living in the UK since 2015, has called on...
Overcrowding and inhumane conditions in Turkish prisons, says TIHEK report
A recent visit by the Turkish Human Rights and Equality Institution (TİHEK) to Maltepe L-Type Prison has revealed severe overcrowding and poor living conditions,...
I lost 4 years of my life, jailed philanthropist Kavala says
Prominent Turkish businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who on Monday marked the fourth anniversary of his arrest at an İstanbul prison, said his image...
Parliamentary committee ignores case of 17-year-old Syrian mistreated and sentenced to aggravated life in...
The Turkish parliament’s Committee for the Inspection of Human Rights has failed to review the situation of Zaim Hişman Ali, a 17-year-old from Syria...
Turkey ordered detention of 137 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 137 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
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