Turkish prison banned all communication for Gülen inmates for nearly 2 years

For 565 days, Turkish authorities cut off all communication and banned the delivery of letters and other messages to and from suspected members of...

112 journalists given various jail sentences in Turkey in 2018

A total of 520 journalists appeared in court in 2018, and 112 of them were given jail sentences of varying durations including aggravated life,...

260,144 people jailed in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons

According to recent data released by Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül, 260,144 people are jailed in the country’s 385 overcrowded prisons, with 57,710 inmates...

Abducted by Turkish intelligence in Baku, Gülenist teacher put in pre-trial detention in Ankara:...

Mehmet Gelen, a Turkish teacher who was reportedly abducted in Baku early on Saturday morning, turns out to have been forcibly returned to...

80-year-old Kurdish man dies of heart attack during trial

İbrahim Akbaba, an 80-year-old Kurdish man, died of a heart attack on Saturday in Edirne F Type Prison. Akbaba, a Kurdish citizen who was accused...

Erdoğan’s lawyer demands fine for Halk TV over show critical of president

Hüseyin Aydın, a lawyer for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has applied to the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to impose a fine...

Turkish court releases Austrian journalist Max Zirngast from pre-trial detention

An Ankara court on Monday released Austrian journalist Max Zirngast, who has been in pre-trial detention on terrorism charges, after accepting an indictment against...

Erdogan’s long arm reaches to West African nation of Senegal

Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to the West African nation of Senegal, specifically targeting members of the Gülen movement, using embassy...

Prosecutor launches investigation into veteran actors hours after Erdoğan targets them

A senior prosecutor in İstanbul on Sunday initiated an investigation into veteran Turkish actors Metin Akpinar and Müjdat Gezen for alleged insult and threat...

RSF 2018 report: Turkey remains world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists

Turkey continues to be the world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists according to a report released on Tuesday by Reporters without Borders (RSF), despite...
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