CoE reveals ECtHR still gives credit to Turkish gov’t’s ‘remedies’ created for witch hunt...

A statement by the Council of Europe (CoE) has revealed that the CoE and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) still give credit...

Six former Turkish national football team stars indicted over alleged Gülen links

An indictment seeking from 7 to 15 years in prison for six former Turkish footballers over links to the Gülen movement was accepted by...

Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejects Demirtaş’s application for release

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application filed by lawyers for release of Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party...

Turkish court rules to release 2 police officers from prison in Hrant Dink case

A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to release police officers Yakup Kurtaran and Özkan Mumcu, who are standing trial in a case involving the...

Turkish President Erdoğan calls on election watchdog to cancel candidacy of HDP’s Demirtaş

Slamming calls for the release of Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Albanian PM Rama praises Turkish President Erdoğan’s policies, slams EU

Edi Rama, the prime minister of Albania, has praised the foreign policy pursued by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and harshly criticised the European Union's policy...

Pro-Erdoğan Turkish columnist Nagehan Alçı receives jail term for torture comments

A pro-government Turkish columnist said on Wednesday she had been given a 105-day prison sentence for saying that torture in a prison in the...

Several injured as election office of Turkey’s main opposition CHP attacked in Konya

Several members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) were injured when a group of unknown assailants attacked the party’s election office in...

HDP’s Demirtaş: My candidacy from prison a shame for Turkish politics and AKP

“My candidacy from prison is a shame for the political landscape in Turkey and the Justice and Development Party government," said Selahattin Demirtaş,...

500 victims of Turkish gov’t’s post-coup witch hunt over Gülen links back to public...

A total of 500 dismissed civil servants who were investigated over alleged links to the Gülen movement were reinstated to their public sector jobs...

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