Turkey’s top court to address lower court noncompliance in case of jailed MP

The Constitutional Court of Turkey has decided to review an application lodged due to the Supreme Court of Appeals’ refusal to comply with one...

3,243 personnel summarily dismissed from Turkish Armed Forces in 2021

A total of 3,243 military members were dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in the first nine months of 2021 over their alleged...

Fifth Turkish national detained in Malaysia as Najib Razak ramps up persecution of Erdoğan...

https://youtu.be/_QWgen8i04U A fifth case of arbitrary detention of a Turkish national by Malaysian authorities as part of escalating witch-hunt persecution of critics abroad by Turkey’s...

Critics slam ICC prosecutor for meeting with Turkish FM accused of crimes against humanity

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor, Karim Khan, is under fire for meeting with Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, on the sidelines of the...

14 years on, family and friends still seek justice for slain journalist Hrant Dink:...

Scores of people on Tuesday continued to call on Turkish authorities to identify all those involved in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink...

75-year-old woman convicted of sending money to inmates taken to prison on stretcher

Hatice Yıldız, an ailing 75-year-old woman who had been sentenced to four years on charges of “financing a terrorist organization” because she sent money...

404 civilians killed by Turkish police since 2007: report

A total of 404 civilians have been shot dead by the police since a law was amended giving police officers more power in 2007,...

ICU patients left to die in undamaged hospital in quake-stricken Hatay: report

Authorities at a hospital in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, which was hit by two major earthquakes last year, allegedly left some 20 patients...

Union calls for reinforcing hospitals in İstanbul against potential quake

The Health and Social Service Employees Union (SES) has called on Turkish authorities to reinforce hospital buildings in İstanbul against a potential earthquake, the...

Activists call for release of ailing 76-year-old inmate

Social media users on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to release Ahmet Öztürk, an ailing prisoner who is suffering from deteriorating health. https://twitter.com/odakdunyam/status/1796244690423136726 A retired banker,...

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