Turkey’s massive purge forces even the most fragile to leave

The story of a Turkish asylum seeker in Greece who had to leave Turkey despite suffering from esophageal cancer shows the lengths to which...

Turkey’s judicial council denies complaint alleging corruption, battery by senior judge

Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has denied claims that it received a complaint filed against a high-ranking member of the judiciary by...

Kurdish asylum seekers face deportation to Turkey from Romania

Four Kurdish asylum seekers, including Kurdish journalist Nuri Akman, are facing the risk of being deported to Turkey by Romania, according to Turkish media. Although...

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...

Former police officer not released from prison until too late succumbs to cancer

Ümit Gökhasan, a former police superintendent who was not released from prison until his cancer had spread to other parts of his body, has...

Turkey ranks second in jailing journalists: Committee to Protect Journalists

Turkey ranks second after China in jailing journalists, according to the annual global survey of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which was published...

Police officer who fatally shot Kurdish student acquitted of charges

A police officer who stood trial for fatally shooting a young student, thinking he was a suicide bomber, at a Newroz celebration in southeastern...
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Another US Consulate employee in Istanbul facing prison on terrorism charges

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded up to 15 years’ imprisonment for Nazmi Mete Cantürk, a security officer at the US Consulate General in Istanbul,...

Turkey’s interior minister denies strip-search claims, brands rights advocate MP a ‘terrorist’: report

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu denied recent claims made by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that police strip-search detainees, accusing...

Armenian Bar Association files Global Magnitsky Sanctions complaint in the US against Erdoğan-linked military...

The Armenian Bar Association has filed a complaint under the Global Magnitsky Sanctions program against SADAT International Defense Consultancy, a military contractor linked to...

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