Family members of purge victim who died of cancer detained
Turkish police on Tuesday detained the wife and daughter of Associate Professor Ahmet Turan Özcerit, who was removed from his job, jailed and died...
Turkish bar association claims 38 detainees in Halfeti subjected to ill treatment, torture
The Şanlıurfa Bar Association has claimed that 38 people who were detained on Monday were subjected to ill treatment and torture.
One police officer died...
Turkey seeks extradition of British-Turkish lawyer on trumped-up terrorism charges
Özcan Keleş, a British lawyer, was arrested on Monday and is facing possible extradition to Turkey on terrorism charges due to his links to...
Local journalist sent to prison for insulting President Erdoğan
Mustafa Yayla, a newspaper journalist in Aydın province, has been sent to jail for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish media reported on Sunday.
A...
Restrictions on purged professor’s passport removed for cancer treatment overseas
The Adana Governor’s Office on Thursday announced that restrictions imposed on the passport of Haluk Savaş, a psychiatry professor who was purged from his...
No official will be tried in relation to death of jailed Turkish teacher: prosecutor
A Turkish prosecutor has found no grounds for the prosecution of the relevant officials in the death of Halime Gülsu, a 34-year-old unemployed teacher...
Turkey second worst country in Europe for LGBTI individuals
A ranking by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has put Turkey in the second lowest place in Europe in...
Court declines to sentence Turkish journalists in MİT trucks case
A Turkish court has declined to sentence former Cumhuriyet newspaper Ankara representative Erdem Gül and opposition deputy and former editor-in-chief Enis Berberoğlu in the...
France reopens probe into 3 Kurdish militants killings allegedly by Turkish Intelligence
French prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the 2013 murder of three Kurdish militants, a judicial source and lawyer for the families of the...
Romanian journalists call for release of imprisoned Turkish colleagues
Romanian journalists and representatives of several NGOs called for the Turkish government to release imprisoned journalists immediately at an event organized in the Romanian...
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