Opposition İYİ Party appeals to Turkish state council over Erdoğan’s Istanbul Convention withdrawal
Turkey’s right-wing opposition İYİ (Good) Party has filed a submission with the Council of State requesting the cancellation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s executive...
Erdoğan says Turkish courts proved independence by convicting Kavala
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said a decision to jail philanthropist Osman Kavala for life over anti-government protests in 2013 showed that Turkey’s courts were...
Investigative journalist reporting from exile targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily
Cevheri Güven, an investigative journalist in exile whose videos on YouTube in which he talks about the Turkish government’s corruption and murky relations attract...
AKP gov’t cancelled 3,804 press cards in 5 years
Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has cancelled the press cards of 3,804 journalists over the past five years, according to Vice President...
Pensioner dies in occupational accident while working illegally to make ends meet
Selami Şimşek, a 71-year-old pensioner, died after falling from the sixth floor of a construction site in central Yozgat province where he was working...
Turkish police detain 4 journalists in early morning operation
Turkish authorities detained four journalists Friday morning in police raids on their homes in Istanbul, the T24 news website reported.
Semra Pelek, a former member of...
Conviction of Kurdish writer Gulgeş Deryaspî must be overturned: PEN International
The conviction of Kurdish writer Gulgeş Deryaspî on terrorism-related charges must be overturned, said PEN International in a statement on Tuesday, which included a...
CCTV recordings kept secret from the public reveal torture and abuse in Turkey
CCTV recordings kept secret by the Turkish government have confirmed the testimony of dozens of gendarmes who were subjected to torture and abuse in...
Jailed Kurdish leader’s wife sentenced to prison for ‘counterfactual’ health report
Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, has been handed down a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years for “obtaining a health...
Claims of mistreatment and psychological abuse arise in Afyon T-type prison
Family members of inmates in Turkey's Afyon T-type prison have claimed prison authorities subjected prisoners to mistreatment and psychological abuse, Bold Medya reported.
One man...
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