HRW calls on Turkey to release Boğaziçi protestors and respect freedom of assembly
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Turkish government to release people who were detained in protests against the appointment of a pro-government...
13 participants in Women’s Day’s march in İstanbul detained on Erdoğan insult charges
Turkish police have detained 13 women including a minor who took part in a march to mark International Women’s Day on March 8 in...
Representatives of diplomatic missions visit İHD to show solidarity with Turkey’s human rights defenders
The European Union Delegation to Turkey and representatives from 11 diplomatic missions in Ankara on Tuesday visited Özturk Türkdoğan, head of the Human Rights...
Turkish court releases only one of jailed journalists facing coup charges
An İstanbul court on Tuesday decided to release a jailed journalist for medical reasons in the latest hearing of a trial in which 29...
Engineer jailed over Gülen links dies of cancer after belated release from prison
Industrial engineer Abdülazim Özdemir, 49, who was diagnosed with liver cancer during his 24-month incarceration on terrorism charges, died on Friday in Ankara, the...
Gendarmerie commander responsible for burning down Kurdish village, killing 9, Turkish court says
Bülent Karaoğlu, a former gendarmerie officer, was responsible for the burning down of the southeastern Turkish village of Altınova (Vartinis) in 1993, which caused...
Lawyer convicted on terrorism charges for representing Gülen
Adnan Şeker, a lawyer whose clients included US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, was on Thursday convicted of membership in a terrorist organization by an...
Son, 3 others detained while demanding ex-MP’s release from prison
The son of a former member of the Turkish legislature who was stripped of his parliamentary status in March and subsequently jailed on conviction...
Turkish court considers food photo evidence of terrorist activity
A Turkish court sentenced a teacher identified only as F.K. to six years, three months’ imprisonment on conviction of membership in a terrorist organization...
Twenty-eight people released by Turkish courts as first group who jailed over ByLock allegedly...
The first group of people, who were arbitrarily imprisoned by Turkish government over alleged use of mobile phone messaging application ByLock, as part of...
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