Turkey arrests 2 teenagers for denigrating religious values, sentences one for insulting Atatürk
A Turkish court in Aydın has ruled to arrest two teenagers out of three who were detained on allegations of denigrating the public’s religious...
Purge victim not allowed to obtain passport despite recommendation by ombudsman
Sait Güney, one of the more than 130,000 civil servants who were removed from their jobs as part of a purge carried out following...
CHP refers deputy to disciplinary committee over remarks on call to prayer in Turkish
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) executive board has referred deputy Öztürk Yılmaz to its disciplinary committee over remarks on a TV station...
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...
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