European mayors to visit İstanbul in show of support for jailed İmamoğlu
European Parliament member Dario Nardella announced on social media over the weekend that a group of European mayors will travel to İstanbul this week to show...
Activists renew calls for release of incarcerated mothers with sick children
Following the recent death of 6-year-old Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who was separated from his imprisoned mother during his struggle with bone cancer, human rights...
AKP gov’t keeping Demirtaş in jail to prevent his running in 2023 election, lawyer...
The Turkish government is keeping Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), behind bars so as to prevent him...
Turkish court rules for continuation of journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk’s pretrial imprisonment
A Turkish court ruled for the continuation of the pretrial detention of Ece Sevim Öztürk, an investigative journalist who has been behind bars since...
Removal of main opposition’s İstanbul leaders sparks outcry, seen as prelude to ousting of...
The court-ordered replacement of the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) İstanbul leadership with a caretaker board issued Tuesday has drawn sharp criticism from opposition figures,...
Turkey detains 9 over Gülen links after names emerge in ByLock messages
Nine people, including a lawyer and current and former police officers, have been detained in İstanbul and Ankara for alleged links to the Gülen...
345 children under the age of 6 in prison with their mothers in Turkey:...
A total of 345 children under the age of 6 are accompanying their mothers in Turkish prisons, and they receive the same treatment as...
Vice chair of Turkish Court of Accounts in charge of audits dismissed after report...
Fikret Çöker, vice chairman of the Court of Accounts (Sayıştay) who has documented and reported irregularities in state institutions, has been dismissed from his...
Opposition MP injured in police crackdown on Istanbul protests
A Turkish opposition lawmaker was injured Monday when police intervened against protests at the Istanbul provincial headquarters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the...
Turkey arrests 4 women convicted of Gülen links on tip they were planning to...
Turkish authorities have detained and arrested four women who were allegedly planning to flee to neighboring Greece to avoid imprisonment on conviction of links...
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