Professor, jailed for 6 years, given disciplinary punishment on day of release
A prominent Turkish professor who has been behind bars for six years on politically motivated charges has been forced to serve four more months...
Kurdish historical figure’s family files complaint against far-right party leader for insult
The family of Sheikh Said, who led a Kurdish nationalist rebellion against the new Republic of Turkey in 1925 and was executed along 46...
Turkey deports Greek journalist ‘for reasons of public order’
Turkish authorities have deported Evangelos Areteos, a reporter for the Greek Real newspaper and author of two books on Turkish politics, “for reasons of...
HDP lawmaker submits parliamentary question about the neglect of Armenian heritage sites
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Garo Paylan has submitted a parliamentary question addressed to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism asking why Armenian churches...
Letter by former public servants reveals mistreatment in Ankara’s mass detention center
A letter written and signed by 10 former public servants who claim they were severely mistreated in a detention center after a coup attempt...
Political prisoners in İzmir’s Şakran Prison write joint letter complaining of increasing pressure and...
Inmates in Izmir’s Şakran Prison in a joint letter directed to the public said there was increasing pressure and mistreatment of political prisoners in...
Former İstanbul governor, police chief acquitted of terrorism charges in retrial over Gülen links
A Turkish court has acquitted a former İstanbul governor and a police chief from the same city of terrorism charges in a retrial over...
Top court upholds acquittal of ex-bureaucrat in ruling expected to set precedent for others...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the decision of one of its criminal chambers to acquit a former bureaucrat of terrorism charges due...
Policeman slaps Kurdish politician during İstanbul protest, sparking condemnation
A plainclothes policeman slapped a Kurdish politician during a scuffle at a protest in İstanbul on Sunday, sparking widespread condemnation and further demonstrations, Turkish...
Top court refuses to annul Turkey’s Istanbul Convention withdrawal
The highest body of Turkey’s top administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled that a decision by its 10th Chamber to reject a...
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