Canadian HR activist to jailed Turkish journalist Parıldak: We love you, think of you,...
"Please know that we love you, think of you, and do our best to make sure the world knows you. You are not alone....
Turkish court halts trial of pro-Kurdish HDP deputy due to acquisition of parliamentary immunity
A Turkish high criminal court in Ankara has decided to halt the trial of Kemal Bülbül, who was elected to the Turkish Parliament in...
Former bureaucrat missing for 9 months turns up in Ankara prison: daughter
A former Turkish bureaucrat who had been missing since late 2020 and was suspected of being a victim of enforced disappearance has been found...
Rejection of request for return of property violated church foundation’s rights: Turkey’s top court
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of the Hasköy Aya Paraskevi Church Foundation and said the General Directorate of Foundations’ rejection of its...
Top court overturns sentence of journalist convicted under ‘disinformation’ law
In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a journalist who was the first in Turkey to be...
625 detained, 42 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
A total of 625 people were detained, with 42 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...
Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention is a ‘worrying step backwards’: UN human rights experts
Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, is “a...
Inmates in a prison in central Turkey on 78th day of hunger strike: report
An undisclosed number of inmates in a prison in the central Turkish province of Konya have been on a hunger strike for 78 days...
Minister says Venice Commission report aims to encourage ‘no’ vote in referendum
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has accused the Venice Commission, an advisory body of constitutional law experts, of attempting to influence public opinion in...
İstanbul mayor to appear in court in June for ‘targeting’ expert witness
İstanbul’s popular Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is set to appear in court in June after an indictment filed against him for allegedly targeting an expert...
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