Pastor Brunson’s Turkish lawyer not hopeful about his release
Lawyer Cem Halavurt said on Wednesday that his client Andrew Brunson, an American pastor standing trial in Turkey, will likely remain under house arrest...
Turkish judge throws jailed journalist Şık out of courtroom for alleged ‘political’ defence
Turkey's prominent investigative journalist and writer Ahmet Şık, who is being tried alongside other journalists from Cumhuriyet daily, has been ejected from the courtroom...
Barkey says Turkish FM undersecretary, embassy knew of Büyükada meeting
US academic Henri Barkey, who is being sought by a Turkish prosecutor for planning last year’s failed coup attempt during a secret meeting on...
Boğaziçi University administration cancels class taught by gov’t critic
Political pressure on Turkish universities is continuing, with yet another class taught by a government critic canceled by Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University, the Evrensel daily reported.
Lecturer Sefa Ziya...
Turkey gov’t requests extradition of 419 alleged members of Gülen movement
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on Friday that the Turkish government has so far asked for the extradition of 419 people linked to...
2,991 people died in Turkey in 2021 due to ‘violations of the right to...
At least 2,991 people died in Turkey last year due to "violations of the right to life" according to an annual report released on Monday...
Turkey’s Erdoğan requests immediate extradition of 13 people from Kyrgyzstan over Gülen links
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly handed a list of 130 people who are allegedly members of the Gülen movement to the Bishkek government...
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 prosecutor responds pro-Erdoğan journalist’s call with SMS
Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman on Monday sent an SMS to a pro-Erdoğan journalist appearing on a TV program during which the journalist...
Demirtaş’s prison sentence for insulting Erdoğan upheld by appeals court
An appeals court has upheld a prison sentence of three-and-a-half years handed down to Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...
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