2 more Kurdish journalists sentenced to prison on terrorist propaganda charges
Journalists Mehmet Güleş and İsmail Çoban have been handed down prison sentences by Turkish courts on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda, according to media...
MSF warns of psychological consequences of quakes in southern Turkey
Earthquakes that struck southern Turkey in early February have led to less visible but significant psychological consequences for survivors, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also...
Dismissed gov’t official forced to work as mover dies in traffic accident
Ensar Erdem, 47, a former official who was dismissed from Turkey’s Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry by a government decree as part of purges that...
CPJ calls on Turkey to stop prosecuting journalists covering Kurdish issues, release jailed members...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to immediately release all imprisoned members of the press and stop prosecuting journalists who cover Kurdish issues.
The Diyarbakır...
Female inmates in Ankara call on CPT to take action on suspicious deaths of...
Sixty-eight women who are incarcerated in Ankara’s Sincan Prison have in a letter asked the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to...
Turkish defense minister told party supporters that ‘the time will come to kill’
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, who has been nominated by the ruling party as a candidate for a parliamentary seat from his hometown of...
Lawyer says Turkish authorities have barred access to investigation into Gabonese student’s death
The lawyer representing the family of a 17-year-old Gabonese student who was allegedly murdered in northwestern Turkey said in a statement to the Turkish...
Young children accompanying mothers in Turkish prisons grapple with viral outbreak
Young children accompanying their mothers in Turkish prisons have been badly affected by an outbreak of the Rota virus, with some cases resulting in...
Journalist says 2016 coup attempt was carried out with knowledge of AKP gov’t
Cengiz Çandar, a 75-year-old journalist who recently returned to Turkey to run for a seat in parliament after seven years of living abroad, has...
Erdoğan might end up in court if he loses election, says Swedish journalist
Swedish journalist and Turkey analyst Bitte Hammargren has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan might end up in court on corruption charges if he fails to win...
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