Kyrgyz politicians, NGOs continue calling on authorities to locate missing educator İnandı
Kyrgyz politicians and NGOs are continuing to call on the country’s authorities to find educator Orhan İnandı, who is allegedly being held against his...
Turkish court rules to release former mayor, 3 others in Kobani trial
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled for the release from pretrial detention of four Kurdish politicians, including a former mayor, defendants in a trial...
Turkey’s top court allows presidency to access personal data of citizens
In a controversial move that raised concerns further about the state violating the privacy of its citizens, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has allowed the Presidential...
Journalist Sinan Aygül should not serve prison time for doing his job, CPJ says
Turkish authorities should not imprison journalist Sinan Aygül, who was convicted on charges of “violating the secrecy of an investigation” by reporting on a...
ECtHR rules against Turkey in case of student convicted of insulting Erdoğan
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to freedom of expression of Ömür Çağdaş Ersoy, who was...
Perpetrators of journalist Adalı’s murder seem obvious, former police chief claims
Former police chief Hanefi Avcı has claimed that the perpetrators of the murder of Turkish Cypriot journalist Kutlu Adalı seem obvious, speaking to the...
Opposition deputy criticizes lengthy detention of pregnant woman
The lengthy detention of a pregnant woman who has been in custody for five days on terrorism-related charges is in violation of her rights...
8-year-old refugee boy hospitalized after leg is mangled at work
An 8-year-old Afghan refugee boy was hospitalized in Turkey's western Kırklareli province after his leg was mangled by a piece of equipment at work...
Turkish-German journalist indicted on charges of insulting Erdoğan in 2016 article
A new case has been filed against former Turkey representative for the German Die Welt newspaper Deniz Yücel on charges of “insulting the president”...
Jailed air force cadet not allowed to attend parents’ funeral
Murat Can Güney, 27, a former air force cadet sentenced to life imprisonment on coup charges, was not allowed to attend his parents’ funeral...
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