Number of arrests over May Day demonstrations rises to 49
With 11 more arrests ordered by an İstanbul court on Monday, the number of people arrested for allegedly resisting law enforcement on May Day...
Turkey seeks up to 15 years for journalists, CHP deputy in MİT trucks case
İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday demanded up to 15 years imprisonment for former Cumhuriyet daily editor-in-chief Can Dündar, Cumhuriyet Ankara representative Erdem...
Educator İnandı still unable to use right arm due torture and mistreatment, photos reveal
Photographs released by the administration of Turkey's notorious Silivri Prison on Saturday revealed that Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan,...
Bar associations of Turkey’s east and southeast provinces say gov’t decrees ‘unconstitutional’
The latest government decrees issued on Sunday by Turkish government under the autocratic rule of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have continued to receive...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 13 military members over alleged links to Gülen...
The Turkish government issued detention warrants for 13 military members, including a major, on Monday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting...
Turkish gov’t agency puts assets of 11 seized media outlets up for sale
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put property belonging to 11 media outlets that were closed down by the Turkish government under the...
Erdoğan hints at running for re-election after calling 2024 local elections his last
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has implied that he may run for re-election in 2028, despite previously announcing that the 2024 local elections would...
Number of inmates exceeds 309,000 in Turkish prisons
The number of inmates in Turkish prisons was 309,558 as of February 28, according to data released by the Directorate General of Prisons and...
54 active duty and former officers face detention warrants over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 54 former and active duty officers over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by the...
Turkish journalist and LGBTQ rights advocate detained before court hearing
Turkish authorities detained journalist and LGBTQ rights advocate Yıldız Tar in Ankara on Tuesday, a day before Tar was due in court in a...
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