The Year in Review: Minority and Refugee Rights
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and his key ally, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli, continued to use a divisive ultranationalist...
Turkish court approves jail sentences for 4 pro-Kurdish HDP parliamentary candidates
A Gaziantep regional court has approved jail sentences for four Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members who are also standing as parliamentary candidates in the...
Deutsche Welle to challenge Turkish journalist’s conviction at top court
German state-owned international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) will take the conviction of its İstanbul office coordinator, journalist Bülent Mumay, to Turkey’s Constitutional Court after...
Turkey’s ‘disinformation’ law tightens gov’t control and curtails freedom of expression: Amnesty
Prominent London-based rights group Amnesty International has voiced concern over a new media law in Turkey that introduces prison sentences for those “disseminating false...
Top court rejects US pastor’s petition, citing expiry of legal period for filing: report
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an individual petition claiming a violation of rights from a US pastor who was convicted on terrorism-related charges in...
Turkish court extends arrest warrant for neo-nationalist Sözcü daily’s owner over Gülen links
An outstanding arrest warrant for Burak Akbar, the proprietor of the neo-nationalist Sözcü daily, was extended by a Turkish court in İstanbul on Wednesday.
Akbay faces...
Mine owned by Turkish MP faces scrutiny over hazardous conditions
A coal mine in Manisa, western Turkey, owned by an MP from the ruling party has come under scrutiny for exposing workers to hazardous...
Former minister warns ECtHR could cancel top Turkish court’s standing as domestic remedy
A former Turkish justice minister has warned that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) might cancel the standing as a domestic remedy of...
Erdoğan terrorizing Turkey to become caliph
By Abdullah Bozkurt
In his latest push to secure an imperial presidency that will lead to a self-declared caliphate, Turkey’s top Islamist ruler, Recep Tayyip...
Turkish gov’t detains 13,604 over Gülen links in last five months
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 446 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based...
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