Appeals court upholds terror sentence of ousted mayor of Diyarbakır
A court of appeals on Wednesday approved the nine year, four month, 15 day prison sentence of ousted Diyarbakır mayor Selçuk Mızraklı, the BirGün...
Turkey seeks legislation to prevent exiled dissidents from claiming damages in its courts
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking to amend a law that allows anyone with legal capacity to file a lawsuit in the country, either personally...
Ümit Horzum becomes latest victim of abductions targeting alleged members of Gülen movement in...
Ümit Horzum, a Turkish citizen who was dismissed from his duty at the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) by a government decree on August 2016...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens US forces in Syria with ‘Ottoman slap’
"The US’s decision to give more financial support to Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will affect Turkey’s decisions,” said Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
ECtHR’s new rulings fault Turkey for pretrial detention of 450 after 2016 failed coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey in two new rulings over the arrest and pretrial detention of 450 people following...
Former teacher says she was strip-searched in prison and punished for revealing it in...
Nagehan Yüksel, a former teacher at a religious high school who was convicted of terrorist organization membership due to her links to a faith-based...
Trump links Erdoğan to ‘rigged elections,’ reviving scrutiny of Turkey’s vote security
US President Donald Trump sparked renewed debate about election integrity in Turkey on Thursday when he quipped during a White House meeting that his...
Veteran Turkish journalist Alpay’s house subject to random searches even at midnight
The house belonging to veteran journalist Şahin Alpay, who was released pending trial on March 17, 2017 after spending 20 months in jail, has...
80-year-old man interrogated for insulting Turkish president due to his Facebook likes
An 80-year-old man was taken into police custody and interrogated on accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan because he “liked” some posts...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Baluken faces up to 47 years in jail on terror charges
An indictment prepared by a Diyarbakır prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of between 11 and 47 years for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy...
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