Turkish police detain 7 more people over financial aid to purge victims: journalist
Turkish police have detained an additional seven people for providing financial support to people fired from their jobs on the pretext of an anti-coup...
Germany to remove law punishing insult to foreign presidents
After a dispute with Turkey over an alleged insult to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Germany has moved to cancel legislation that calls for punishment...
Turkish gov’t launches probe into German prosecutor over financial support to family of a...
The Turkish government has launched an investigation into a German prosecutor and financial support given by the European Association of Judges (EAJ) to the family...
Turkey’s child abuse crisis deepens after 2-year-old found to be sexually assaulted
A 2-year-old child hospitalized in Tekirdağ with a suspected brain hemorrhage has been confirmed to have been sexually abused, raising concerns over the alarming...
Former teacher and her 10-month-old baby are suffering from poor conditions in prison, says...
Hasan Semerci, the brother of former teacher Büşra Çulha, who has been imprisoned with her 10-month-old daughter Bahar since September 23, has said his...
Abducted teacher says prosecutor is protecting his torturers
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has refused to file charges based on torture allegations made by Zabit Kişi, 48, who said he was...
Turkish court sentences academic Ersanlı to 1 year, 3 months in prison over peace...
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced Prof. Dr. Büşra Ersanlı, who was tried for having signed a peace petition titled “We will not be...
Journalist detained in Turkey over social media post
Journalist Ahmet Erkan Yiğitsözlü was arbitrarily detained last Thursday, prompting criticism from human rights advocates, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Yiğitsözlü is currently standing...
Ailing inmate not released despite eligibility for judicial supervision
Kamil Acar, a 58-year-old prisoner suffering from severe health problems, is not being released despite the fact that he has been eligible for release...
Turkish electricity distributor cuts power to some residents of Syrian refugee camp in dead...
The power supply for a number of Syrian refugees living in a tent camp in Turkey's southern Mersin province was cut by the Toroslar...
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