Pro-Kurdish HDP’s imprisoned co-chair Demirtaş ‘repays’ Erdoğan for terrorist remarks
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş has said he is “repaying” Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his accusation that he...
Kavala says Turkish top court decision a product of mentality that disregards law, human...
Prominent businessman and civil society leader Osman Kavala has described a top court’s decision to uphold his and four others’ conviction in the Gezi...
European rights court rules Turkey violated fair trial rights in dismissal cases
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Thursday that Turkey violated the right to a reasoned decision of four applicants who were...
Little girl’s murder sparks concern over child safety in Turkey
Following the murder of an 8-year-old girl in Diyarbakır in August, children’s rights advocates have expressed deep concern over the safety of children in...
Turkish prison board denies release to severely disabled prisoner over disciplinary penalty
A Turkish prison board has rejected a request for release from a severely disabled prisoner, citing a disciplinary penalty for chanting slogans, despite a...
Turkish pollster attacked in front of daughter at playground in Antalya
Kemal Özkiraz, president of the Eurasia Public Research Center (AKAM), was hit in the head by an assailant while with his young daughter at...
HDP deputy proposes bill to save children jailed with mothers from Turkish prisons
Meral Danış Bektaş, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has proposed a bill that seeks to delay the execution of sentences...
More than 26,000 people investigated for insulting Turkish president in 2018
A total of 26,115 people were investigated on allegations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan throughout the year of 2018, indicating a 30...
Turkish public employees union demands reinstatement of civil servants dismissed under emergency decrees
The Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK) on Monday called for the reinstatement of civil servants dismissed by emergency decrees during a post-coup...
Turkish court orders opposition leader to pay $74,000 in damages to President Erdoğan
An İstanbul court on Wednesday ordered Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to pay TL 359,000 ($74,000) in non-pecuniary damages...
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