Swedish authorities must conduct a thorough investigation into attack on Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt:...
Swedish authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the attack on Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt and hold those responsible to account, the...
Turkey appeals European rights court ruling ordering Demirtaş’s release
Turkey has appealed a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling that called for the immediate release of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, requesting...
Opposition MP highlights plight of quintuplets with parents jailed on Gülen links
An opposition lawmaker has written a column drawing attention to the predicament of children whose parents were sent to jail in October on charges...
Academics for Peace signatories struggling to find steady jobs: report
A report published by the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) on Friday revealed that signatories of the Academics for Peace (BAK) declaration of Jan....
2 journalists face lengthy jail sentences due to criticism of Turkey’s Afrin operation
An indictment drafted by Turkish prosecutors seeks 10 and a half years for two journalists, Artı TV Ankara representative Sibel Hürtaş and Mezopotamya news...
Turkish court orders rearrest of journalist a day after release
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the rearrest of local journalist Mehmet Yetim in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa a day after his release...
Turkey questions journalist over report on plane crash carrying Libyan delegation
Journalist Tolga Şardan has been questioned by prosecutors in Ankara over his reporting on the crash of a plane carrying a high-level Libyan military...
Turkey’s longest-jailed journalist likens 18-year proceedings to gov’t theatre
Hatice Duman, the former owner and news editor of the socialist Atılım (Leap) weekly who has been behind bars since 2003, has said her...
Turkish gov’t instructs prosecutors to ban lawyers under investigation from defending suspects
The Turkish Ministry of Justice has instructed high criminal court prosecutors to ban lawyers under investigation from defending suspects and convicts accused of terror...
Book tells story of teacher who died in Turkish prison due to lack of...
A recently published book tells the story of teacher Halime Gülsu, who died in a Turkish prison in 2018 due to deprivation of a...
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