Investigation launched into main opposition MP over alleged insult of Erdoğan: minister
Turkey’s justice minister announced on Monday the launch of an investigation into Ali Mahir Başarır, deputy parliamentary group chair of the main opposition Republican...
Turkish prosecutors seek long jail terms for opposition mayors
İstanbul prosecutors demand lengthy prison sentences for seven mayors from the country’s main opposition party who are to go on trial accused of being...
Turkish authorities detain 286 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 286 people and arrested 154 of them in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...
German Bar Association urges Turkey to release jailed lawyer in critical condition
The German Bar Association (DAV) has called on Turkish authorities to immediately suspend the sentence of imprisoned lawyer Süleyman Yıldırım, who lost his leg...
Turkey has expelled more than 200 Christian workers since 2020
Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF International), a Christian advocacy group, has accused Turkey of misusing national security laws to expel more than 200 Christian...
New report details UN findings on systemic rights violations in Turkey after 2016 coup...
A new report compiled by the Netherlands-based human rights group Stichting Justice Square has detailed a pattern of human rights violations in Turkey following...
Final days of purge victim highlight human toll of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Photos from the final days of a former teacher who died in a hospital in September following a heart attack in Kütahya Prison and...
Jailed İstanbul mayor refuses to defend himself in diploma fraud trial after courtroom dispute
İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on Monday refused to defend himself during a trial over alleged diploma fraud after the court moved the hearing...
Turkey jails another pregnant woman over alleged Gülen links despite law suspending sentences for...
A Turkish woman previously convicted of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has been arrested by a court and sent to prison despite...
Jailed civil society leader Kavala says MPs ‘no longer allowed’ to visit him in...
Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for eight years on charges widely viewed as politically motivated, said that lawmakers...
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