Lawyer detained for insulting Islamic law released on judicial probation
A Turkish lawyer who was detained on Monday for insulting Sharia, the religious law that is part of the Islamic tradition, on social media platform X,...
Journalist gets suspended sentence due to tweet on YPJ women in Kobani
An İstanbul court has handed down a suspended sentence of 15 months to a journalist due to a 2015 tweet that showed women, part...
Diyanet sanctions imam for refusing to take congregation to Erdoğan rally
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has reassigned and temporarily halted any possibility of promotion or pay increase for an imam for refusing to...
Turkish court finds no crimes against humanity in deadly military arson against Kurdish family
A court in central Turkey has released its reasoned decision in the case of the mass murder of a Kurdish family in a deliberately...
Turkish lawyer detained for insulting Islamic law on social media
A Turkish lawyer has been detained for insulting Sharia, the religious law that is part of the Islamic tradition, on social media platform X,...
4 journalists detained in western Turkey put under house arrest
Four of six journalists who were detained in western Turkey last week have been put under house arrest, while the other two have been...
Germany’s opposition Union parties submit parliamentary question concerning drastic increase in asylum applications from...
Germany’s opposition Union parties the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CDU/CSU) have submitted a parliamentary question addressing...
Turkish mother reveals the effects of government’s post-coup purge on their family
A Turkish mother revealed on a YouTube channel that her child did not recognize his father, who had been jailed for alleged links to...
Crackdown on the Kurdish Political Movement and Opposition Groups: 2023 in Review
The Turkish government’s persecution of the Kurdish political movement and pressures on other opposition groups persisted throughout 2023, a year in which Turkey held...
Exiled journalist testifies on Turkey’s transnational repression at US Congress
Abdülhamit Bilici, the former editor-in-chief of the now-closed Zaman daily, has given a testimony on the Turkish government’s transnational repression at a congressional hearing...
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