RSF slams Turkey’s new social media regulation
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a statement issued July 22 condemned an amendment to the law on Internet crimes submitted this week by the...
Convicted perpetrator of ‘Bahçelievler massacre’ appears on national TV, defends his crimes
Haluk Kırcı, the convicted murderer of seven university students in what is known as the “Bahçelievler massacre,” defended his crimes in an interview aired...
Ministry of Interior refuses to disclose data on crimes committed by police, nighttime neighborhood...
In response to questions posed by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Süleyman Bülbül, the Turkish Ministry of Interior has refused to disclose any information...
Presidents of bar associations call for release of lawyers on death fast
The presidents of nine bar associations including those in Turkey’s largest cities of İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir in a video message called for the...
Constitutional Court rejects CHP appeal against multiple bar associations law: report
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected an appeal for a stay of execution of a recently enacted law changing the structure of bar associations...
Turkey orders detention of 102 suspects including military members over Gülen links: report
Turkish prosecutors in the last three days have ordered the detention of 102 suspects, including active duty soldiers, as part of a post-coup crackdown...
I was tortured at Turkish border post, migrant worker claims
Khales Arsan, a migrant laborer from Afghanistan who had crossed into Turkey from the Iranian city of Maku and who had not been heard...
Turkish admiral summarily dismissed during NATO assignment tells NPR: Maybe I’m not as safe...
Rear Adm. Mustafa Uğurlu, Turkey’s flag officer at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) based in Norfolk, Virginia, who was summarily dismissed from the military...
‘At least 721 journalists arrested in Turkey in 17 years’
At least 721 journalists were arrested in Turkey between 2002 and 2019, 93 of whom are still in prison, a report released on Thursday...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns prison sentences of privates in 2016 coup case: report
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a decision by a lower court sentencing 14 privates to life in prison on charges of involvement...
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