Inmates allege beatings by guards at prison in SE Turkey

Guards at a high-security prison in the southeastern province of Van allegedly beat inmates and forced them to the ground during a raid on...

Turkey among CoE countries with lowest spending on its judicial system: CEPEJ report

Turkey invested as little as 15.6 euros ($17) per capita in its judicial system in 2022, while the average judicial budget of the 44...

Journalist Yücel says subjected to torture in Turkish prison

German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel says he was tortured during his near year-long detention in Turkey, in court testimony seen by Deutsche Welle, holding Turkish...

Turkish government releases French journalist Loup Bureau from jail

French journalist Loup Bureau has been released from jail, his lawyer said on Friday. "We are pleased to announce the release of journalist Loup Bureau. He...

Turks’ asylum applications in Germany up 12.3 pct in first two months of 2024

Turkish nationals filed 12.3 percent more applications for asylum in Germany in the first two months of 2024 than the number submitted in the...

SCF reveals mass torture and abuse in an unofficial detention facility in Turkey’s capital

Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), a monitoring group for rights violations in Turkey, has received credible reports of mass torture and abuse in an...

HDP deputy asks Turkish justice minister questions about teacher who died in jail

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Bektaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to the Parliament’s Speaker’s Office in which he asked several...

Halkbank’s Deputy CEO Arrested For Conspiring To Evade US Sanctions Against Iran And Other...

Mehmet Hakan Atilla, Deputy CEO of state largest lender Halkbank, was arrested by the agents of Federal Information Bureau (FBI) at John F. Kennedy...

Turkish brigadier general jailed on coup charges dies of COVID-19

A former brigadier general who was jailed on coup charges following an abortive putsch in Turkey in July 2016 has died of COVID-19, Turkish...

Pro-Kurdish HDP appeals to Turkish court for release of jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş

Mahsuni Karaman, Yıldız İrmek, Ramazan Demir, Sertaç Buluttekin and Aygül Demirtaş, the lawyers of Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...
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