Minors questioned about prayers on third day of surreal terror trial
Fourteen high school girls are on trial in İstanbul for alleged membership in a terrorist organization as part of a decade-long crackdown on the...
Turkey ranks second globally in requests for content removal from X
In the first transparency report issued under CEO Elon Musk’s ownership, X (formerly Twitter) revealed that Turkey ranked second only to Japan in government...
Turkish cartoonist faces prison over satirical COVID-19 cartoon
Turkish cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu has been on trial for four years on charges of “obscenity” over a cartoon she drew in November 2020 about...
Armenian Bar Association files Global Magnitsky Sanctions complaint in the US against Erdoğan-linked military...
The Armenian Bar Association has filed a complaint under the Global Magnitsky Sanctions program against SADAT International Defense Consultancy, a military contractor linked to...
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...
Critically ill inmate released 2 months after recommendation for immediate suspension of sentence
An inmate suffering from cancer was belatedly released from prison despite a recommendation from Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) to immediately suspend his...
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...
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