Ankara hospital says paralyzed woman fit to remain in prison
A hospital in the Turkish capital of Ankara has issued a report saying a wheelchair-bound woman who has been suffering from multiple sclerosis for...
US House Foreign Affairs chairman urges release of political prisoners in Turkey
In a letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, Chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Eliot Engel and...
Number of arrests in Turkey’s left-wing crackdown rises to 77
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of 30 additional people in an investigation targeting the left-wing Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP),...
Turkish teacher Çabuk arrested by Georgian court upon Turkish government’s request
Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish teacher with a valid Georgian residence permit, was sent to prison by a Tbilisi court hours after he was detained...
Biggest problem faced by women in Turkey is domestic violence, survey shows
A survey conducted by the Ankara-based Metropoll in March has revealed that domestic violence is the biggest problem faced by women in Turkey, Turkish...
Regional appeals court upholds CHP İstanbul official’s prison sentence
A regional court of appeals in İstanbul has ruled to uphold the prison sentence of nine years, eight months handed down to Canan Kaftancıoğlu,...
European Parliament urges Turkey to end expulsions of foreign Christians and journalists
The European Parliament on Thursday condemned what it called Turkey’s targeted expulsions of foreign Christians and foreign journalists on national security grounds and urged...
Turkish parliament defies top court ruling to fix controversial law
The Turkish Parliament has enacted changes to a controversial piece of legislation that altered the wording of the law but preserved its essence, despite...
Turkey’s top court finds no rights violation in cases of 6 journalists: report
The Turkish Constitutional Court found no violation of rights in two separate cases involving six journalists over their reports on military involvement in Libya...
Victims of 1993 Sivas massacre commemorated
Thirty-three Turkish intellectuals who perished in a fire in 1993 inside the Madımak Hotel were commemorated in Sivas on Thursday, the 27th anniversary of...
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