Turkish court sentences renowned academic Laçiner to more than 9 years in prison over...
Prominent Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, who was arrested in the wake of a controversial coup in Turkey on July...
US judge asks if Zarrab’s lawyers were hired by Turkey, Iran, US
US District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan said on Monday that he wanted to know whether Iran employs any lawyers for Reza Zarrab, a...
University students detained for saying ‘no’ to the constitutional amendment
Turkish police have detained 10 students in Kocaeli University as they propagating to call people to cast their vote against executive presidency in upcoming...
Documentary filmmaker arrested in Ankara on terrorism charges
A documentary filmmaker and journalist who was detained while shooting a film in Ankara last Friday was arrested on terrorism charges on Saturday, Turkish...
ECtHR should stop viewing Turkish Constitutional Court as effective remedy, says president of European...
“There is no domestic remedy available in Turkey. ... The should cease to consider the Turkish Constitutional Court as a source of effective...
The assets of the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul seized
Assets of the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul, which was closed down in December 2016, have been seized by Turkish government through the Saving Deposits...
Turkish Constitutional Court rejects HDP co-chair Demirtaş’s individual application
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejected on Thursday an individual application by imprisoned pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş to the court, in which...
Turkey detains 25 people, including civil servants, over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 25 people, including current and former civil servants, as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Growing number of farm laborers in Turkey are victims of occupational accidents
Seasonal farm laborers have increasingly been the victims of sometimes fatal work-related accidents in Turkey according to Ömer Fethi Gürer, a deputy from the...
US senator urges European rights court president to consider applications from Turkey
In a letter to President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Robert Spano on Monday, US Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts asked...
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