Disabled teacher not granted release on probation after medical report found him fit to...
A disabled prison inmate who, according to his wife, cannot take care of his personal needs on his own was denied the opportunity for...
Turkish broadcast regulator fines pro-opposition TELE1 TV following Ministry of Interior threats
Turkey’s broadcast regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), fined pro-opposition TELE1 TV a day after the Ministry of Interior had threatened the...
Woman jailed with 2-year-old son on trumped-up terrorism charges appeals for justice
Emine Ceyran (35), who is in prison with her two-year-old son on trumped-up terrorism charges, in a letter to human rights defender and pro-Kurdish...
Human Rights Association speaks out against arrest of Yüksel Street protestors
The Ankara branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD) in a statement published Tuesday on Twitter condemned the arrest of six former civil servants...
Noncommissioned officer who allegedly kidnapped and raped young woman released pending trial
Musa Orhan, a noncommissioned Gendarmerie officer who allegedly kidnapped and raped 18-year-old İpek Er, was released from prison on Tuesday, Turkish media reported.
Orhan was...
Turkish authorities drop investigation into torture of former diplomats
Turkish authorities have dropped an investigation into the alleged torture of former employees of the Turkish Foreign Ministry who were detained in May 2019...
Turkey orders detention of 42 former military cadets over suspected Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Monday ordered the detention of 42 former military cadets who are accused of communicating with alleged members of the Gülen movement,...
Bedridden woman whose mother was denied care allowance due to alleged affiliation with Gülen...
Sevdegül Güler, a bedridden woman whose mother was denied a care allowance by Turkey’s Ministry of Family and Social Policies due to her alleged...
Greece to extend fence on land border with Turkey to deter migrants: report
Greece will proceed with plans to extend a cement and barbed-wire fence that it set up in 2012 along its northern border with Turkey...
ECtHR should stop viewing Turkish Constitutional Court as effective remedy, says president of European...
“There is no domestic remedy available in Turkey. ... The should cease to consider the Turkish Constitutional Court as a source of effective...
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