Investigation of gendarmes who allegedly threw refugees into a river has been stalled, survivors...
An investigation into gendarmes who allegedly threw a group of refugees into the Evros River has been stalled, survivors of the incident said.
According to...
2017 law governing Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors undermines independence of judiciary: UN...
A law governing Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) continues to have adverse effects on the independence of the judiciary and the separation...
Turkish court decides to release journalist arrested over corruption report
A journalist for the T24 news website in Turkey who was put in pre-trial detention last week following a report on alleged corruption in...
Pro-Kurdish party given additional 60 days to prepare defense in closure case
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has given the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and additional 60 days to prepare its defense in a closure case the...
19 face detention in southeastern Turkey for Gülen links
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 19 people, including 12 academics, in southeastern Bitlis and Gaziantep provinces for alleged links to the Gulen...
11-month-old baby forced to accompany mother sentenced to 9 years in prison
Yasemin Melizci, 29, who was arrested on terrorism charges for alleged links to the Gülen movement and was accompanied by her 9-month-old daughter in...
Former Turkish minister is planning attack on Alevi house of worship, mob boss claims
A Turkish crime boss who has been making scandalous allegations about the relationship between state actors and the mafia has claimed that former Turkish...
Turkey tops the list for number of European Court of Human Rights judgments finding...
Turkey tops the list of 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states that received the most judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...
23-year-old dies after being hit by Turkish police vehicle in Şırnak
Abdulgaffar Dayan (23) died on Wednesday after he was hit by an armored police vehicle in the southeastern province of Şırnak, the Mezopotamya News...
Diyanet sanctions imam for refusing to take congregation to Erdoğan rally
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has reassigned and temporarily halted any possibility of promotion or pay increase for an imam for refusing to...
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