1 journalist arrested, 4 released on judicial probation for ‘targeting public officials’
A Turkish court has ruled for the arrest of one of five journalists detained on Tuesday on allegations of targeting public officials while four...
Erdoğan sues opposition politician over remarks calling him a ‘dictator’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a lawsuit against a main opposition party politician seeking TL 250,000 ($32,000) in damages for remarks accusing...
Turkish diplomats in North Macedonia spied on residents in breach of Vienna conventions: report
Turkish government documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were spied on by Turkish diplomats in Skopje...
3 political prisoners from same family diagnosed with COVID-19 as cases increase in Turkish...
Three men from the same family who were arrested in Turkey on trumped-up terrorism charges have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in prison, Bold Medya...
Turkish diplomatic missions in the US are hunting down critics of President Erdoğan: report
Turkish diplomatic missions in the United States are continuing to profile critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in parallel to an ongoing witch-hunt in...
Legal community outraged as Turkish court ignores ECtHR ruling on teacher
Lawyers and legal experts in Turkey and abroad have expressed shock and disappointment over a local court’s decision on Thursday, again convicting a former...
Inmate whose son and son-in-law are also in prison not released despite serving his...
Hüseyin Yüce (61), who was sentenced to six years, three months’ imprisonment on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, has not been released...
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...
HDP deputy to Turkish government: How can ISIS bring Yazidi slaves to Ankara?
In a parliamentary question to Vice President Fuat Oktay, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Feleknas Uca questioned how the Islamic State in Iraq...
Turkish authorities must release Mehmet Aslan and refrain from arresting journalists based on vague...
Turkish authorities must immediately release Mehmet Aslan, a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya News Agency, and refrain from arresting members of the press in...
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