Turkish academic arrested over social media poll on foreign intervention in dictatorships
Turkish academic and author Emrah Gülsunar has been arrested over a poll he posted on X that asked whether seeking foreign help to overthrow...
Turkish hospital defends treatment of inmate in handcuffs
A hospital in Ankara has claimed that the treatment of an inmate in handcuffs was “compatible with medical requirements and needs,” the Bianet news...
Main opposition leader vows to make amends for suffering caused by the state
Turkey’s main opposition leader has promised to acknowledge the injustices of the current and previous governments and make amends for the suffering they have...
Afghan security forces raid three Gülen-linked high schools
Police in Afghanistan on Friday carried out raids to take over three high schools operated by the Gülen movement, the MedyaBold news website reported...
Turkish prosecutors seek long jail terms for opposition mayors
İstanbul prosecutors demand lengthy prison sentences for seven mayors from the country’s main opposition party who are to go on trial accused of being...
Council of State denies compensation to man severely injured by the police during Gezi...
The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has rejected a request for compensation filed by Mustafa Başnamlı, a man who was severely injured...
RSF slams ‘political’ justice in Turkey over Khashoggi murder
A day before a Turkish probe resumes into the killing of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Reporters Without Borders on Monday slammed political influence on...
Veteran Turkish Journalist Hasan Cemal: A case where universal principles of law forgotten
By Hasan Cemal (*)
İstanbul's Silivri Prison, December 8, 2017. It is 10:35.
The case of Zaman daily writers.
They come in single row again, the gendarmerie...
İstanbul mayor’s alleged use of Wickr Me cited as ‘ByLock-like’ evidence in espionage probe
A Turkish prosecutor has cited jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s alleged use of the encrypted messaging app Wickr Me as critical evidence in a...
Turkey’s top court drags its feet on second petition from jailed MP
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has sent a second petition filed by a jailed opposition lawmaker claiming the violation of his rights to the...
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