Former Taraf journalists sentenced to prison for reporting on alleged war plan
Four journalists from the now-closed Taraf daily have been handed down prison sentences by a Turkish court on conviction of publishing state secrets in...
Opposition lawmaker prevented from leaving Turkey due to travel ban
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and a prominent defender of human rights, has been prevented from leaving...
Mother of 3 imprisoned on Gülen charges had panic attacks after separation from children
A mother of three who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement said in a letter that she had panic attacks due...
Rights activist says Turkish prisons do not accommodate the needs of children who accompany...
Rights activist Gamze Yentür said in an interview that Turkish prisons do not accommodate the needs of children and infants who accompany their incarcerated...
Healthcare workers, teachers detained over alleged Gülen links
Nine healthcare workers and teachers have been detained in the southern province of Adana due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
Opposition MP Gergerlioğlu calls on Bursa Bar to investigate mistreatment in police custody
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has called on the bar association of the western province of Bursa...
37 former military cadets retried, given life sentences again on coup charges
A Turkish court on Wednesday handed down life sentences to 37 former air force cadets in a retrial on coup-related charges due to their...
Top prosecutor says Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention was unlawful
The chief public prosecutor’s office at Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has called for the cancellation of a presidential decree that...
Turkey’s LGBT+ under increasing government pressure, report reveals
A recent report by the LGBT+ advocacy group KAOS GL has revealed that Turkey's LGBT+ community is feeling increasingly threatened under the Justice and...
Former teacher arrested on Gülen charges says heating cut off in cell despite cold...
A former teacher arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement told his family during a phone call on Tuesday that the heating in...
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