Former HDP deputy Aysel Tuğluk unable to access proper healthcare in prison, her lawyers...
Former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk has been denied access to proper healthcare in prison, her lawyers said in a written statement...
US Attorney: Zarrab was replaceable, Atilla was indispensable in violating US’s Iran sanctions
Assistant US Attorney Michael Lockard has stated during the last day of hearing in US sanction violation trial in New York court that Iranian-Turkish...
33,000 buildings severely damaged in earthquake zone in Turkey: ministry
The Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate announced on Tuesday that 33,143 buildings in 13 provinces were severely damaged by last week’s earthquake...
World Bank estimates Turkey earthquake damage at $34 bn
The devastating February 6 earthquake and aftershocks that hit southern Turkey have caused damage worth more than $34 billion in the country, Agence France-Presse...
Turkey’s TV watchdog fines TV channel for showing Gülen linked book on shelf
Turkey's television watchdog the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined Kanal D TV channel for airing a book linked to faith-based Gülen...
Top prosecutor signals new indictment seeking ban of pro-Kurdish HDP
Bekir Şahin, chief prosecutor for the Supreme Court of Appeals, has signaled the drafting of a new indictment seeking to shut down the pro-Kurdish...
Serious and credible allegations of torture and other ill-treatment made in Turkey last year:...
An annual report by Amnesty International (AI) on the state of human rights in the world reveals that serious and credible allegations of torture...
Once declaring it a menace, Erdoğan starts campaigning on Twitter
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a campaign for a referendum on constitutional amendments likely to take place on April 16 on Twitter, which...
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Italian Bar Council slams Turkish government over arrested lawyers
After German Federal Bar, the Italian Bar Council (Consiglio Nazionale Forense) has also slammed Turkish government over arrested and persecuted lawyers in a letter...
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