Indictment seeks up to 10-year sentence for jailed journalist
An indictment drafted by İstanbul prosecutors seeks a prison sentence of up to 10-and-a-half years for a journalist who was arrested last month for his remarks on...
15 Kurdish journalists released from jail pending trial after lengthy detention
A Turkish court has ruled for the release pending trial of 15 Kurdish journalists who had been held in pretrial detention for 13 months,...
ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 144 judges and prosecutors after failed 2016 coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 144 judges and...
40 detained across Turkey for helping families of people jailed over alleged Gülen links
Forty people have been detained in an Ankara-based operation that was conducted in six provinces for helping the families of people jailed over alleged...
14-year-old gets suspended sentence for insulting President Erdoğan on WhatsApp
A 14-year-old boy was handed down a five-month suspended sentence on July 6 for insulting the president, Turkish media reported.
The teenage boy, identified only...
Coup suspect general says July 15 wasn’t Gülenist coup, but ‘state conspiracy’
In sharp contrast to the narrative of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) regarding the masterminds of a failed coup in Turkey on...
Turkey ordered to pay damages to journalist Baransu due to his long pretrial detention
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 9,800 euros to journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct...
Syrian students promised high school education by Turkish gov’t-linked NPO sent back home
Syrian students who were promised a high school education in Turkey by a Turkish non-profit organization have been stripped of their scholarships and sent...
Opposition MP demands new parliamentary committee for children of imprisoned families
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from Turkey’s Green Left Party (YSP) and a prominent human rights advocate, has demanded the establishment of a new...
159 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in June: report
A total of 159 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in June, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG).
The...
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