2 high school students briefly detained for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan
Two high school students were detained in Istanbul on Tuesday morning for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish media reported.
Speaking to Halk...
Prominent human rights advocates call on Turkey to release political prisoners
A group of prominent academics, jurists, journalists, politicians and human rights activists published a joint letter on August 24 calling on Turkey to urgently...
Lawyers tell ECtHR Turkey has kept Kavala jailed on same discredited evidence despite Strasbourg...
Lawyers for imprisoned Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala told the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Wednesday that Turkey has...
Three consecutive life sentences sought for prominent journalists on coup charges
An indictment prepared by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks three consecutive life sentences for 16 people including Turkey’s prominent journalists, on coup...
Dismissed academic gets 10 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 10 years to an academic who had been dismissed from her job in the...
Disabled teacher not granted release on probation after medical report found him fit to...
A disabled prison inmate who, according to his wife, cannot take care of his personal needs on his own was denied the opportunity for...
Turkey’s poverty threshold continues to rise in 2026
The monthly income needed for a family of four in Turkey to stay above the poverty line rose to 106,817 lira ($2,402) in March,...
YSK bans opposition poltician Meral Akşener’s referendum rally in Isparta
Turkey’s Supreme Board of Election (YSK) has denied permission to a public rally scheduled to be held by a former deputy and candidate for leadership...
19 face detention in southeastern Turkey for Gülen links
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 19 people, including 12 academics, in southeastern Bitlis and Gaziantep provinces for alleged links to the Gulen...
Female students strip-searched, denied right to consult lawyer
Female students detained by Turkish police last week over alleged links to the Gülen movement were subjected to a strip-search and interrogated without a...
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