Turkish court sentences famous fashion designer to prison for ‘insulting the government’
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced fashion designer and activist Barbaros Şansal to three months, 22 days in prison for insulting the government, the...
AKP considers mandating 10-year prison sentence for hate crime on social media
Social media users in Turkey could face up to 10 years behind bars for refusing to delete posts that include elements of a hate...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 214 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Tuesday ordered the detention of 214 people including active duty and expelled military officers as well as former military cadets due...
14,530 people in Turkey died by suicide in last 5 years: Health Ministry
An opposition politician has revealed that 14,530 people in Turkey took their own lives between 2015 and 2020, citing data from the Ministry of...
70-year-old suffering from leukemia dies days after his release from prison
Mehmet Ali Çelebi, 70, passed away on Saturday, just days after he was released from prison due to his deteriorating health, Turkish media reported.
Çelebi...
Police officer who crushed boy to death in SE Turkey walks free
A police officer who caused the death of a 7-year-old boy in southeastern Turkey last week with an armored vehicle he was driving has...
Turkish Twitter users demand authorities release father of young boy whose mother died in...
Turkish Twitter users demanded that authorities release the father of a 5-year-old boy after his mother, Gülsüm Coşar, 31, a former judge who fled...
Former HDP deputy Aysel Tuğluk unable to access proper healthcare in prison, her lawyers...
Former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk has been denied access to proper healthcare in prison, her lawyers said in a written statement...
Turkey’s top imam calls for social media regulation amid discussions on new government body
President of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) Ali Erbaş has called for a new legal framework for social media use, saying the establishment of...
82-year-old philanthropist with Alzheimer’s remains behind bars in Turkey
Eighty-two-year-old businessman and philanthropist Yusuf Bekmezci remains behind bars in Turkey despite serious health problems and advanced age.
Bekmezci suffers from Alzheimer’s and is unable...
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