Azerbaijan extradites Gülen-linked publisher to Turkey
İbrahim E., who used to run a printing house affiliated with the Gülen movement in Azerbaijan, has been extradited to Turkey as part of...
Jailed teacher who lost mother, 2 daughters in traffic accident sentenced to 25 years
Jailed purge victim Evren Civelek, who lost his two daughters, aged 3 and 8, mother and father-in-law last month in an auto accident on...
Purge victim accountant reinstated to job one year after death
Mustafa Nacaroğlu, an accountant who was fired from his job by a government decree in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey...
UN expert investigating Khashoggi killing denied entry to Saudi Consulate in İstanbul
Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard, who is visiting Turkey to investigate the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Tuesday was denied entry to the...
Writer put in prison over solidarity with Kurdish daily
Writer Ayşe Düzkan on Tuesday surrendered to authorities to serve an 18-month prison sentence handed down for serving as the symbolic editor-in-chief of the...
Jailed head of lawyers association allowed to attend father’s funeral in handcuffs
Turkish lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı, president of the now-closed Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) who has been behind bars since November 2017 on terrorism charges, was...
Turkish gov’t critic arrested shortly after his release
A Turkish court on Saturday morning ordered the rearrest of Alparslan Kuytul, chairman of a religious foundation in Turkey, after the prosecutor appealed a...
Court releases Leyla Güven, Kurdish deputy on hunger strike, from prison
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 79 days, was released from jail on Friday by...
Norsk PEN event in Oslo focuses on restoring democracy in Turkey
All stakeholders must join forces in restoring democracy, the rule of law and democratic principles in Turkey, participants said at a panel discussion held...
Journalist gets 8 years, 3 months for alleged terror links
The Muş 2nd High Criminal Court on Friday handed down a sentence of eight years, three months in prison to journalist İdris Sayılğan after his...
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