3 more journalists arrested in Turkey
Three of six journalists who were detained in an operation on Dec. 25 were arrested by an İstanbul court, after 24 days under detention,...
PEN Int’l calls on Turkey to drop charges against sociologist in exile
PEN International has said Turkish authorities should drop all charges against prominent sociologist and PEN Turkey member Pınar Selek over a deadly 1998 explosion...
Alevi leader attacked in Istanbul in apparent hate crime
Selami Sarıtaş, an Alevi leader in Istanbul's Kartal district, was attacked and beaten in front of his house on Friday by two unknown assailants...
Turkey’s top court sanctions decree giving immunity to mobs accused of lynching soldiers
In a unanimous decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday found a government decree that granted immunity to civilians who were involved in criminal activities...
European rights court faults Turkey for pretrial detention of former Kurdish lawmaker
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of former Kurdish lawmaker Ayla Akat Ata by holding her...
Turkish court gives 9-year jail sentence to man for taking medicine to Gülen-linked hospitals...
A 60-year-old Turkish man, Abdurrahman Selçuk, has been convicted of terror charges and handed down a nine-year jail sentence by a Turkish court on...
Candidate for judge who ranked second in nationwide exam eliminated in interview
Özgür Taşçı, a law school graduate, has been eliminated in the interview stage for the position of judge despite ranking second nationally in last...
Gov’t-appointed Boğaziçi University rector suspends 16 academics for involvement in protests
Boğaziçi University rector Naci İnci, who was appointed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has suspended 16 academics over their participation in protests against...
4-year-old girl traumatized after both parents arrested on bogus terrorism charges
Four-year-old Hifa Aydın has been showing signs of distress ever since both of her parents were arrested on trumped-up terrorism charges, Bold Medya reported.
Her...
Turkey expands presidential control over municipally owned companies
Turkey has expanded presidential control over municipally owned companies, requiring local governments and their majority-owned firms to obtain presidential approval before setting up companies...
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