Jailed Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak‘s KKTC citizenship to be revoked over alleged Gülen links
Prominent Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak, who was in jail since July 29, 2016 over her alleged links to the Gülen movement, will reportedly be denaturalized...
Justice Ministry says 69,301 students behind bars in Turkey
Turkey's Justice Ministry has announced that 69,301 students were currently behind bars in Turkish prisons, reported by Bianet on Monday.
Responding to parliamentary inquiry of...
Turkish gov’t transfers Lice co-mayor Zuğurli from Diyarbakır Prison to Van Prison with her...
Imprisoned Lice Co-mayor Rezan Zuğurli, who has been jailed since August 17, 2017, was reportedly transferred from Diyarbakır E Type Prison to Van T...
Michael Rubin says Zarrab case in US is Turkish President Erdoğan’s nightmare
Michael Rubin, academic and former staff advisor for Iran and Iraq at the Pentagon, has stated that the inclusion of Zafer Çağlayan, as one...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Turkish gov’t to stop attacks on human...
Welcoming concern by Turkey's government for the human rights of the Rohingyas, and others in foreign countries, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid...
Turkey demands 10 years in prison for jailed former co-chairperson of pro-Kurdish HDP
Figen Yüksekdağ, jailed former co-chair of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is facing a sentence of 10 years in jail over alleged “terrorist propaganda”...
Supreme court member: If Erdoğan were to leave, Turkey would be like Saddam, Gaddafi’s...
Abdullah Yaman, a member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, has claimed that a US indictment naming former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan...
Architects chamber: Ankara’s future destroyed on ODTÜ campus
The Ankara branch of the Turkish Union of Engineers and Architects’ Chambers (TMMOB) has protested against a move by the Ankara Municipality and the rector...
615 Turkish civil servants have applied for asylum in Germany
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday said 615 Turkish civil servants have asked for political asylum in Germany since a failed coup...
Turkish minister claims jailed journalist an agent hidden in German consulate for days
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Sunday that Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who has been in a Turkish jail since February 2017, is...
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