Ankara court issues lengthy sentences for Kurdish politicians in Kobani trial
An Ankara court on Thursday issued a verdict in the long-running Kobani trial and handed down lengthy prison sentences for dozens of Kurdish politicians,...
EP draft report says Turkey’s EU accession remains stalled over concerns on democracy, human...
The European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs concluded in a draft report that Turkey’s EU accession process cannot move forward due to persistent democratic...
IAJ President Regnard says the rule of law ends in Turkey
Christophe Regnard, President of The International Association of Judges (IAJ), has defined the situation in Turkey as “the end of the rule of law”...
Turkey ignores European deadline to release businessman Kavala
A Turkish court on Monday extended the detention of a civil society leader, ignoring a deadline from Europe’s top human rights body to release...
Top court finds rights violations in advertising bans imposed on opposition newspapers
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that advertising bans imposed on BirGün, Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and Evrensel, all newspapers critical of the Justice and Development Party...
42 inmates test positive for COVID-19 in Turkey’s Düzce Prison as cases soar
Forty-two inmates out of 45 who were tested have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Turkey’s Düzce Prison as cases countrywide have skyrocketed, reaching 2,024,601...
RSF 2018 report: Turkey remains world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists
Turkey continues to be the world’s biggest jailer of professional
journalists according to a report released on Tuesday by Reporters
without Borders (RSF), despite...
Women from various cities visit Şenyaşar family demanding justice in political murder case
More than a hundred women from different parts of Turkey on Monday visited Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have been protesting...
US Human Rights Report: Lack of access to health care remained a problem at...
Overcrowding, particularly following the mass detentions after a 2016 coup attempt and lack of access to adequate health care remained problems at Turkish prisons...
Politician from pro-Kurdish party to stay in prison despite dementia claims
A Turkish court has ordered the continued imprisonment of a Kurdish politician despite claims that she is suffering from dementia, Agence France-Presse reported.
Aysel Tuğluk,...
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