İstanbul Bar calls for closure of ‘pit-type’ prisons, citing human dignity violations
The İstanbul Bar Association has called for the closure of so-called “pit-type” prisons and urged the authorities to address the demands of inmates on...
UK Home Office report highlights persecution of Gülen movement in Turkey
The United Kingdom Home Office has released an update on its Country Policy and Information Note on the faith-based Gülen movement in Turkey, which...
Prison administration denies inmate release for refusing to show remorse
Remziye Polat, a 25-year-old woman who has been in prison on a terrorism-related conviction for the past nine years, was denied release despite having...
France contradicts Turkey’s Erdoğan on Khashoggi tapes
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Monday said that France was not in possession of recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist...
Turkish court adjourns trial of 26 opposition party officials amid rising political tensions
A Turkish court has adjourned the trial of 26 officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), including the party’s İstanbul chair, Özgür...
Former Kurdish MP detained over 2014 protests in reaction to ISIL siege of Syrian...
Hüda Kaya, a former member of the Turkish parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was detained at İstanbul Airport on Wednesday on...
Inmate with cancer sent back to prison only a week after major surgery
Hakan Kanat, 40, an inmate who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer three weeks ago, was sent back to prison only a week after major...
Erdoğan says Turkey not bound by European court’s ruling to release Demirtaş
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said that Turkey is not bound by verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) following the...
Former teacher jailed over Gülen links dies after heart attack in prison
Cafer Ongun, a former teacher serving a sentence over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died on September 21 after suffering a heart...
War of high courts: Appeals judges defy ruling to release MP, file criminal complaints...
A chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has said the continued incarceration of an opposition lawmaker is legally appropriate, deciding not to comply...
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