Turkey’s top court rules house arrest without questioning suspect violated rights
Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) ruled that a lower court unlawfully restricted a suspect’s freedom by ordering house arrest without questioning the suspect and by...
Increasing COVID-19 cases in Turkish prisons cause panic among families of political prisoners
An exponential increase of COVID-19 cases in Turkish prisons has caused panic among families of political prisoners following reports of outbreaks in prisons in...
Police detain 6 journalists working for Kurdish media in western Turkey
Turkish special operations police on Tuesday morning detained six journalists, most of whom work for pro-Kurdish media outlets, in simultaneous raids in the western...
Turkey tells UN that demand to release UN court judge void
The demand to release a top United Nations (UN) court judge is “void,” Turkish authorities said in a letter addressed to the UN Security...
Medical school in Turkey refuses to publish scientific study due to references to evolution...
An academic article of a medical doctor from Turkey’s Marmara University Medical School has been denied by the faculty management who said it would...
Erdoğan says Dutch PM can’t look him in the face anymore
Criticizing European countries for attacking Turkey, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte cannot look him in...
EP rapporteur voices concern over jailed Istanbul municipality executive’s strip-search allegations
The European Parliament's Turkey rapporteur, Nacho Sánchez Amor, has expressed deep concern over allegations made in court by a jailed executive at an Istanbul...
CoE Committee of Ministers to review six non-compliance cases from Turkey
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is holding its quarterly meeting to oversee the execution of judgments and decisions from the European Court...
Washington calls on Ankara to resolve case of US Consulate employee
Robert Palladino, the US State Department's deputy spokesperson, in a written statement called on Ankara to resolve the case of Metin Topuz, a Turkish...
Hunger strike of prisoners in İzmir’s Şakran prison on 42nd day
As the hunger strike launched in İzmir's Şakran Prison has reached to its 42nd day, the families have warned that the prisoners on hunger strike...
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