Jailed media designer Yazıcı detained for slandering al-Qaeda-affiliated group
Fevzi Yazıcı, a leading media designer in Turkey, was detained on Dec. 8, 2017 over allegedly plotting against an al-Qaeda linked Turkish group called...
Authorities detain shopkeepers protesting dam construction in northeastern Turkey
Three shopkeepers were detained following protests against the construction of a dam that will submerge a town and villages in the Yusufeli district of...
Visually-impaired journalist Arat, jailed for 7 months, denied access to Braille books in Turkish...
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, under arrest over alleged ties to the Gülen movement since July 2017, has said in a letter that...
Police officer seen harassing a female protestor in Ankara
A university student who was detained for participating in a protest organized by Solidarity Association of Prisoners Families (TAYAD) in Ankara on Saturday was...
Barcelona’s Turkish player indicted for sexual harassment, possessing unregistered gun
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday indicted Barcelona football star Arda Turan on charges of sexual harassment and possessing an unregistered firearm,...
Press freedom group urges justice for murdered Turkish environmental journalist
A leading press freedom coalition has called on Turkish authorities to investigate the killing of journalist Hakan Tosun, who died after being beaten in...
Turkey sees rise in hate crime with a sharp increase in racist attacks: report
Turkey saw a sharp increase in discriminatory, racist and hate-fueled attacks between January 1 and September 1, 2024, according to a report published by...
Judge faces investigation for ordering release of celebrity manager
The Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), Turkey’s top judicial board, has launched an investigation into Judge Fatih Kapan over his order to release...
Turkish court challenges top court reversal of Cumhuriyet journalists’ conviction
A Turkish court on Thursday decided to challenge a Supreme Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the court’s previous conviction of 12 former Cumhuriyet...
Ankara Bar files complaint on allegations of torture at police department
The Ankara Bar Association has announced that they filed a complaint against the Ankara Police Department based on nine allegations of torture made by...
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