Top judge secured release of detainees in exchange for bribes: secret witness
A secret witness has made allegations of bribery involving a high-ranking Turkish judge, claiming detainees were released in exchange for large sums of money,...
Turkish authorities arrest pregnant Turkish asylum-seeker pushed back by Greece
A four-months-pregnant woman was arrested on Friday in Turkey’s Izmir province after being pushed back from Greece, where she had fled to seek asylum,...
Erdoğan says Gülen movement supporters have no property rights
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said at a press conference on Wednesday prior to an official trip to Azerbaijan that supporters of the Gülen...
Turkish President, PM use TL 747 million from discretionary funds in Q1
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have used a total of TL 747 million (around $170 million) from discretionary funds...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in over 73,000 cases in the last decade
The Constitutional Court of Turkey found at least one violation of rights in each of 73,089 cases handled from late September 2012 to March...
Political prisoners in İzmir’s Şakran Prison write joint letter complaining of increasing pressure and...
Inmates in Izmir’s Şakran Prison in a joint letter directed to the public said there was increasing pressure and mistreatment of political prisoners in...
YouTube’s decision to appoint local representative in Turkey will increase censorship, rights watchdogs say
YouTube’s move to appoint a local representative in Turkey will inevitably lead to an increase in arbitrary censorship and compromise people’s privacy and right...
Friends call for release of jailed Turkish businessman-activist Osman Kavala
Friends of prominent activist and businessman Osman Kavala have called for his release from jail in a joint statement, seven months after he was...
Turkish border guards accused of killing Syrian civilian, injuring 2 others
Turkish border guards shot and killed a Syrian civilian and injured two others when they opened fire on a group approaching the border, the...
Health of inmate who has undergone 3 brain surgeries is visibly deteriorating, his family...
The health of former teacher Abdullah Aslan, who has been imprisoned since December 2017 for alleged links to the Gülen movement and who suffers...
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