European law associations to Turkey: Immediately release 55 lawyers
Six European law associations in a letter to Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Thursday urged the Turkish government to immediately release 55 lawyers...
Turkey detains 13 in disappearance of young Kurdish woman after 6 years of stalled...
Authorities in Turkey have detained 13 people in connection with the disappearance of a young Kurdish woman, reviving a six-year-old case that has attracted...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules prison visit restrictions during pandemic violated rights
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has ruled that restrictions on prisoner visits imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic violated the right to family life, upholding...
Counterterrorism police detain HDP lawmaker’s son and former journalist Muhammed Cihad Cemre
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Hüda Kaya's son, former journalist Muhammed Cihad Cemre, was detained on Saturday by the counterterrorism police, Turkish media reported.
Cemre...
Freedom of expression is nonexistent in Turkey: German Foreign Ministry
Freedom of expression is nonexistent in Turkey, said a report published by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish reported on...
Turkey moves to sell seized pro-opposition broadcaster TELE1
Turkish authorities have put the assets of opposition television station TELE1 up for sale, months after the detention of its editor-in-chief and the appointment...
Student detained for receiving money from relatives abroad, accused of ‘terrorist financing’
Esengül Arslan, a 23-year-old nursing student in Istanbul, has been detained for receiving funds sent by her relatives abroad, which authorities have labeled as...
1,169 neighborhoods now closed off to migrant settlement, says Turkish Interior Ministry
The Turkish Ministry of Interior in a written statement said as of July 1, the number of neighborhoods closed off to migrants would be...
Turkish parliament bans public servants dismissed by executive decrees from premises
The Turkish parliament’s executive board on the first day of the new legislative year voted to forbid former employees of parliament who were dismissed...
Death of dismissed teacher highlights hardships faced by victims of a post-coup purge in...
The death of a dismissed teacher in Ankara has drawn renewed attention to the hardships faced by individuals and families affected by a sweeping...
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