Closed pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily’s editor Çapan detained by Turkish police
Journalist Reyhan Çapan, who used to be managing editor of the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, which was closed by a government decree under a...
78-year-old ailing Kurdish villager dies after brief imprisonment
Emin Soyal, a 78-year-old Kurdish man who was briefly imprisoned on terrorism-related charges in late 2023, has died while receiving treatment at a hospital,...
Erdoğan says ECtHR issues politically motivated rulings in cases involving Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) of having a double standard when it comes to Turkey...
Prison administration bans Kurdish publications and notebooks
In a letter to pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, female inmates at Van’s T-Type Prison complained of unlawful bans on...
Turkish writers denounce court ruling that ousted elected opposition leader
More than 260 Turkish writers have condemned a court ruling that removed the elected leader of Turkey’s main opposition party and reinstated its former...
Turkish police detain Progressive Lawyers’ Association head Kozağaçlı
Turkish police have detained lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı, president of the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), that was shut down with a government decree under the...
Turkey has investigated more than 700K people over Gülen links since failed coup: minister
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has revealed the details of an ongoing crackdown on followers of the faith-based Gülen movement since a failed coup...
HDP lawmakers submit parliamentary question regarding increasing child sexual abuse cases
Two lawmakers from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have submitted a parliamentary question addressing the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Family affairs about...
Turkey fines social media giants for second time as they refuse to observe controversial...
Turkey has again imposed fines, this time TL 30 million ($3.8 million) each, on social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for...
Women’s groups warn Turkey’s alimony ruling could leave divorced women more vulnerable
Women’s rights organizations and legal experts have criticized the Turkish Constitutional Court’s decision to strike down indefinite alimony after divorce, warning that the ruling...
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