Kurdish journalist gets prison sentence in retrial over alleged Erdoğan insult
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced Kurdish journalist Hakkı Boltan to more than one year in prison in a retrial on charges of insulting...
Former Turkish opposition leader sentenced to prison for insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish court has sentenced former main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to 11 months, 20 days in prison on charges of insulting the president,...
EU rapporteur slams detention of stand-up comedian in Turkey over joke
European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor on Friday condemned the brief detention of a stand-up comedian as “deeply alarming” after Turkish authorities launched an...
Turkey holds 5 students for nearly a year in pretrial detention over alleged Gülen...
Five university students in southern Turkey have been held in pretrial detention for more than 11 months without an indictment over alleged links to...
Systematic rights abuses in Turkish prisons reflect state policy, civil society groups say
Six civil society organizations in Turkey have called for an immediate end to what they describe as systematic human rights violations in prisons, saying...
Turkey’s justice minister slams Western allies over extradition refusals in Gülen-linked cases
Turkey’s justice minister has criticized Western allies for refusing to extradite individuals Ankara accuses of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, saying thousands of...
UN rapporteurs accuse Turkey of harassing LGBTI+ group through legal action
United Nations special rapporteurs have accused Turkish authorities of using criminal proceedings and an association closure case to harass an İzmir-based LGBTI+ group over...
ECtHR asks Turkey to respond in case concerning İmamoğlu’s pretrial detention
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked the Turkish government to respond to an application filed by jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, marking a...
Turkey’s Social Security Institution denies pension bonus to dismissed civil servant despite legal precedent
Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) has denied a retirement payout to a civil servant dismissed after a 2016 coup attempt, despite Constitutional Court rulings...
11 jailed among 59 detained in operations targeting main opposition-run municipalities
Turkish courts on Saturday jailed 11 people among the 59 detained this week in operations targeting municipalities run by the main opposition Republican People’s...
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