Jailed head of lawyers association allowed to attend father’s funeral in handcuffs
Turkish lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı, president of the now-closed Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) who has been behind bars since November 2017 on terrorism charges, was...
Journalist gets suspended sentence for publishing expert report on murder of a Turkish far-right...
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down a suspended 10-month sentence to journalist Asuman Aranca for publishing details from an expert report on the...
Top court finds rights violation in conviction of journalist for reporting on corruption
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a prison sentence imposed on a local journalist who was convicted of libel for reporting on corruption constituted...
Turkey investigates 271 social media users over comments on currency crisis
Investigations have been launched into the users of 271 social media accounts due to their posts about the recent depreciation of the Turkish lira...
EU reacts to scandal of Turks’ abduction in Kosovo: Arrests were arbitrary, against EU...
The European Union has reacted to the abduction last Thursday of six Turkish nationals by the Turkish government in Kosovo over their alleged links...
Former minister condemns jailing of teacher over Gülen links, raising 1-year-old in custody
A former Turkish cabinet minister has publicly criticized the imprisonment of a teacher fired over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement who is...
Turkey blocks access to alternative website of popular online forum
An Ankara court has blocked access to an alternative website for Ekşi Sözlük, one of the country’s most popular social media websites, which had...
Authorities arrest man for throwing picture of Turkish president on the ground
A man identified only by the initials A.Ç. was arrested yesterday in northern Turkey's Zonguldak province for throwing a picture of Turkish President Recep...
Hate speech in Turkey against Christians on the rise
Christians in Turkey are worried about the increasing hate speech against their communities in the country, the Diken news website reported on Thursday, citing...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation in arrest of pro-opposition TV editor
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the 2023 arrest of journalist Merdan Yanardağ, editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition Tele1 TV station, violated his rights, the...
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