Newspaper subscription, school enrollment not terrorist activity, says Turkey’s top appeals court
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that sentenced a defendant to prison on terrorism charges for buying a subscription...
Parliamentary body receives only summary of Turkish lawmakers’ meeting with PKK leader
A special parliamentary body on Thursday received only a four-page summary of a recent meeting between Turkish lawmakers and jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
Turkey has no choice but to abide by ECtHR’s Yalçınkaya judgment: Turkish Bar Association
The Turkish Bar Association (TBB) has released a report on a landmark European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment delivered last year, stating that...
Albanian PM turns down Erdoğan’s request for measures against Gülen followers
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has rejected a request made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for measures against followers of the faith-based Gülen...
Turkish businessman abducted in Baku on Thursday put in prison in İstanbul on Friday
Turkish businessman Mustafa Ceyhan, who was abducted by unknown people in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, on Thursday over his alleged affiliation with...
Turkish court hands down suspended sentences to members of girls band, singer for ‘exhibitionism’
A court in İstanbul gave members of a girls band and also a singer suspended prison sentences of three months, 22 days for “exhibitionism,”...
Sweden’s Kurds fear NATO deal with Turkey has sold them out: The Guardian
Turkey’s approval of Sweden’s NATO accession has led to fears among the Nordic country’s sizeable Kurdish community, who say the agreement might have come...
Turks filed 2,571 asylum applications with EU in November 2021
Turks filed 2,571 asylum applications in the EU, Norway and Switzerland (EU+) in November, the largest group of asylum seekers after Afghans, Syrians, Iraqis,...
AKP gov’t cancelled 3,804 press cards in 5 years
Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has cancelled the press cards of 3,804 journalists over the past five years, according to Vice President...
Turkish prosecutor seeks up to 20 years for pro-Kurdish lawyer over alleged terrorism links
A Turkish prosecutor on Thursday sought up to 20 years in prison for lawyer and pro-Kurdish activist Nurcan Kaya on terrorism-related charges, the Medyascope...
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