Turkish gov’t detains more than 100 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained more than 100 people across Turkey on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
European rights court poses questions to Turkish gov’t on abysmal conditions of prisons
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has posed a series of questions to the Turkish government about the abysmal conditions of Turkish prisons...
Thousands of CHP supporters hold sit-in protest in Taksim against OHAL
Thousands of supporters of the Turkey main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) held a sit-in in İstanbul’s Taksim area on Monday protesting government plans...
Pro-Kurdish lawmaker says police illegally searched her İstanbul residence
Police forced their way into the İstanbul home of Çiçek Otlu, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in...
Woman serving sentence for conviction of Gülen links complains of insects and foul odors...
A mother of three who was arrested to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement told her family during a...
Intellectuals call the gov’t to end the state of emergency in Turkey
Renowned Turkish writers, academics, journalists and activists have called on the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to end a state of emergency, also...
Turkey’s prosecutor opposes release of pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Bilgen from prison
The Office of the Chief Prosecutor in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır province late on Friday opposed the release of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kars...
Former top court president, ex-AKP minister slam judiciary, presidential system as a ‘disaster’
Former Constitutional Court president Haşim Kılıç and Hüseyin Çelik, a founding member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a former education...
Six inmates died in Central Anatolia prisons in three months: report
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a report on alleged rights violations in prisons located in the Central Anatolia region, which detailed more...
Indictment seeks up to 3 years for famous mountain climber for spreading ‘disinformation’
An indictment drafted by İstanbul prosecutors seeks a prison sentence of up to three years for Nasuh Mahruki, Turkey’s most famous mountain climber and...
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