Turkish gendarmeries tear up female lawyer’s clothes at courtroom
A female lawyer who came to the hearing of her client inside jail was brutally manhandled by the Turkish gendarmerie. Lawyer Lale Beşe, a...
Jailed HDP leader Demirtaş: My prison cell was searched after tweets from my account
Imprisoned Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtaş said in messages posted on his Twitter account on Saturday that his cell was searched after tweets were...
Turkish gov’t puts 669th baby behind bars over his parents’ alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government put the 669th baby behind the bars as his father and mother were arrested and sent to jail as part of massive...
Amnesty Kirklees opens Silenced Voices Exhibition to show solidarity with jailed/exiled Turkish journalists
International human rights organization Amnesty International's (AI) Kirklees branch Amnesty Kirklees in the United Kingdom (UK) has opened an exhibition titled the "Silenced Voices"...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 217 soldiers, detains 44 soldiers & more than...
Turkish government has issued detentions warrant for hundreds and detained dozens of people on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign...
Turkish court jails Sevinç Bozan, co-mayor of Mardin’s Artuklu district
A Turkish court in Mardin province has jailed the co-mayor of Mardin’s Artuklu district, Sevinç Bozan on Friday. It was reported that Bozan was detained...
Turkish coup suspect, sister face up to 5 years in jail over ‘HERO’ T-shirt
Gökhan Güçlü, a non-commissioned officer, who is one of the suspects on trial for an assassination attempt against Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Hunger-striking Turkish teacher Özakça makes defense after months in jail
The second hearing in the trial of academic Nuriye Gülmen and teacher Semih Özakça, who have been continuing their hunger strike for 204 days...
Turkish prosecutor seeks red notice request for journalist Can Dündar
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday submitted a request to the Justice Ministry for a red notice for former Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief...
Turkish gov’t detains 25 people, including military officers, over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained 15 people, including military officers on active duties, in 14 provinces on Thursday following the detention warrants issued by Aydın...
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