Turkey Purge: 1601 people detained, 895 people jailed over alleged Gülen links across Turkey...

Turkish government has continued its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement  and the citizens from Turkey’s Kurdish minority...

Turkey’s main opposition CHP begins ‘march of justice’ in protest of deputy’s arrest

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday kicked off a “march of justice” from Turkey’s capital Ankara to İstanbul in protest of...

Cumhuriyet editor Güven released after 30 days’ imprisonment in Turkey

Cumhuriyet daily website editor Oğuz Güven, who was arrested on May 15 for allegedly disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization, was released after...

Journalist not released despite witness claims to have signed testimonies under torture

A Hakkari court on Wednesday declined to release journalist Nedim Türfent although 12 of 13 witnesses retracted their written testimonies and said they were...

Turkey sends CHP deputy Berberoğlu to jail over story on MİT trucks carrying weapons...

A high criminal court in İstanbul on Wednesday handed down a prison sentence of 25 years to main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy...

ECtHR asks for Turkey’s defense in case of jailed Cumhuriyet journalists

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has asked Turkey to submit a defense in the case against jailed Cumhuriyet daily journalists, telling  the...

Closed Jin news agency’s editor Zehra Doğan jailed in Turkey’s Diyarbakır

Journalist and artist Zehra Doğan, who was an editor of now-closed pro-Kurdish Jin news agency (JINHA) was arrested on Monday as she was travelling...

EU urges Turkey to follow CoE recommendations for effective judicial remedies

In the wake of the Turkish government’s decision to revoke the citizenship of 130 people, the European Union (EU) has called on Turkey to...

Jailed cartoonist receives more sentence due to a letter he sent to HDP’s Demirtaş

Jailed cartoonist Melih Gürler was given a 10 month prison sentence by a court over his allegedly insulting expressions in a letter he wrote...

Court seeks revocation of Turkish journalist Öğütçü’s citizenship

A high criminal court in the southern province of Adana on Saturday applied to Turkey’s Justice Ministry demanding revocation of the citizenship of journalist...

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