Public prosecutor’s wedding day visit to Erdoğan with bride sparks controversy
The wedding day visit of Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman and his bride to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at his palace on...
Kurdish soldier dies under suspicious circumstances after complaining to father of harassment
Osman Özçalımlı, a gendarmerie private recently assigned to a prison in the western city of İzmir, died under suspicious circumstances on Saturday, a day...
Van Bar Association: Wrong policies push refugees to dangerous routes
In a report on the sinking of a migrant boat in eastern Turkey’s Lake Van on June 27 that is believed to have cost...
Cancer patient not released from prison until too late is on his deathbed
Cancer patient Ümit Gökhasan, who was not released from prison until his cancer had spread to other parts of his body, is now on...
4 judges associations in Europe send letter to Turkish justice minister for release of...
Several leading European judges’ associations have sent a joint letter to Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç calling for the denial of the conditional...
Kurdish teenager fatally shot by soldiers in southeast Turkey
Özcan Erbaş, a 16-year-old boy living in a village in southeastern Turkey's Hakkari province, died after being fatally shot by soldiers, the Mesopotamia News...
Turkey ranks worst in Europe for impunity, report finds
Turkey is ranked the worst performer in Europe in terms of impunity, according to the 2025 Atlas of Impunity, a global index published by...
Turkish judge asks minors why they studied together in surreal terror trial
A trial in İstanbul that has attracted international attention began on Monday, with Turkish minors accused of terrorism for engaging in everyday activities such...
Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal re-arrested and beaten by police during detention
Aytaç Ünsal, a lawyer who had until recently been on a hunger strike in support of his demand for a fair trial, was detained...
Prison administration bans Kurdish publications and notebooks
In a letter to pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, female inmates at Van’s T-Type Prison complained of unlawful bans on...
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