ECtHR rejects Turkey’s appeal over post-coup detention of journalist
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday rejected Turkey’s appeal against its ruling in favor of a Turkish journalist over her pretrial...
Grand Unity Party deputy targets MP over criticism of police
Kaan Şengil, a deputy from the right-wing Grand Unity Party (BBP), publicly targeted Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu...
Top court drops case into killing of 10 inmates in SE Turkey due to...
Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld lower courts’ rulings concerning the statute of limitations in a trial dealing with the brutal killing of 10...
Killing of 15-year-old Syrian by masked men in Turkey leads to allegations of racism
A 15-year-old Syrian was shot dead by masked gunmen in İstanbul on Saturday, leading to allegations of a racially motivated attack, the Turkish Minute...
ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 23 judges and prosecutors after failed coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by detaining 23...
Judge removes MP from courtroom over criticism of trial of minors accused of terrorism
A judge overseeing the trial of 14 high school girls and 27 others at an İstanbul courthouse expelled a lawmaker on Tuesday after the...
Justice ministry claims ‘no information’ on 2015 killing of Kurdish woman in SE Turkey
The Turkish Justice Ministry has announced that it has “no information” regarding an investigation into the killing of a Kurdish woman whose body was...
Rights groups urge investigation into mistreatment of man held for policewoman’s killing
Several human rights groups have called for an investigation into the mistreatment of 19-year-old suspect Yunus Emre Geçti, who was detained for the fatal...
Turkish police raid Kurdish language center and bookstore
Turkish police raided the Mezopotamya Language and Culture Research Association (MED-DER), a Kurdish language center and the Payîz Pirtûk Kurdish bookstore in Diyarbakır early...
Italian NGO intervenes in ECtHR case of Turkish worker convicted of Gülen links
The Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU) has, as a third-party intervener, challenged the conviction of a Turkish construction worker on terrorism charges due...
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