Journalist indicted for insulting Erdoğan in reports, social media posts
Turkish prosecutors have indicted journalist Mehmet Murat Yıldırım on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in his reporting and social media posts, the...
Turkish gov’t seeks to expand legal scope of espionage, endangering free speech
The Turkish government is preparing to introduce criminal penalties for “agents of influence” in a new judicial package that will criminalize “black propaganda” against...
Erdoğan says people attacking him are actually enemies of Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said people who are attacking him and an election alliance he has with a far-right nationalist party are...
Disabled man with multiple health problems kept in prison on bogus terrorism charges
Bilal Danış (30), a former public servant in the western city of Izmir who was arrested in November 2016 and convicted on bogus terrorism...
UN rapporteurs criticize Turkey’s handling of student’s death, early release for abusers
United Nations special rapporteurs have criticized an investigation into the suspicious death of university student Rojin Kabaiş and voiced concern over a Turkish law...
Turkish authorities issue detention warrants for 53 former and active duty military members
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Monday ordered the detention of 53 active duty and former military members as part of a massive...
Ex-AKP official indicted over alleged coercion in İstanbul municipality case
Turkish prosecutors have indicted lawyer and former Justice and Development Party (AKP) official Mücahit Birinci on accusations that he attempted to coerce a jailed...
Joint letter calls for release of 48 people arrested over May Day demonstrations
More than 100 individuals well known in Turkish society have called for the release of 48 people who were arrested earlier this month after...
Ankara University uses profiling files from MİT to justify post-coup purge of academics
Ankara University, where more than 100 academics were fired by government decrees in the aftermath of an abortive putsch on July 15, 2016, has...
Imprisoned teacher declared brain dead a week after collapsing in cell
Cengiz Karakurt (41), a former teacher arrested for alleged membership in the Gülen movement, was declared brain dead on Wednesday after having passed out...
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