Military cadets did not know a coup attempt was unfolding, top court says
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, which earlier this month overturned life sentences handed down to dozens of military cadets who were convicted on coup...
Local journalist gets prison sentence for ‘insulting’ his attacker
A local journalist in eastern Turkey who was attacked by two people connected to the mayor of a Justice and Development Party (AKP)-run municipality...
More than 1,000 dead or missing in Turkey’s maritime accidents in 8 years
Turkey has since 2016 recorded a total of 3,223 maritime accidents in which 677 people died and 390 went missing, the Artı Gerçek news...
15 detained in Turkish capital over alleged ByLock use
Turkish police detained 15 people in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Tuesday on allegations of using the ByLock smartphone application, the Bold Medya...
Former convict says sick inmates left to die in Van F-type prison
Çetin Çiftçi, a 55-year-old former inmate who was released on January 19, said in an interview that inmates in southeastern Turkey's Van F-type prison...
Turkish woman imprisoned for financially supporting family of husband’s fellow inmate
Emine Güven, a mother of two, has been sentenced to four years in prison for sending money to the family of a man jailed...
Conscript convicted of involvement in failed coup says he has been robbed of his...
Hamza Yıldız, a young private in the Turkish military convicted of involvement in a failed coup in July 2016 and handed down nine life...
Cross-party PACE delegation pays pre-electoral visit to Turkey
A cross-party delegation of observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is paying a pre-electoral visit to Turkey April 12-13...
CoE calls on Turkey to abide by ECtHR rulings, release Kavala, Demirtaş
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers, in its quarterly meeting December 5-7, addressed Turkey’s non-compliance with European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rulings...
Columnist’s hate campaign against inmate with cancer ends in his death
Radical Islamist Turkish daily Yeni Akit columnist Mehtap Yılmaz’s hate campaign targeting cancer patient Ümit Gökhasan and his release from prison delayed the medical...
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