Turkey gives 2,327 defendants life sentences in 2016 coup-related trials
Turkish courts have thus far concluded 270 trials related to a 2016 coup attempt, handing down 3,838 defendants lengthy prison sentences, including 2,327 life...
Turkey re-arrests journalist Altan one week after release from jail
Renowned Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan was sent to jail on Tuesday evening one week after he was released from prison where he...
Turkey arrests two more Kurdish mayors
As part of a widening government crackdown on the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the co-mayors of İpekyolu in the eastern Turkish province of...
Germany has received 1,252 Interpol notices since 2016 at Turkey’s request
Interpol has issued 1,252 blue and red notices to the German Interpol office at Ankara’s request since a failed coup in Turkey in July...
Turkey orders detention of 164 suspects in ongoing crackdown on Gülen movement
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 164 suspects, including soldiers and scientists, in five separate investigations into followers...
Interpol has rejected 646 Red Notice requests from Turkey since 2016 coup attempt
Turkish Interior Ministry spokesperson İsmail Çataklı said on Monday Interpol has declined 646 Red Notice requests made by Turkey since a failed 2016 coup,...
Turkish court frees veteran journalists Altan, Ilıcak after conviction on terrorism charges
The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on Monday released veteran journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak pending appeal after convicting them of aiding a...
Turkish spy agency abducted former NATO intel officer, tortured him for days
Operatives from Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) for days tortured a lieutenant colonel who had worked for NATO’s intelligence section and was educated in...
University students face investigation for questioning rights violations, jailing of children with mothers
An investigation has been launched into a group of students from Gaziantep University in southeastern Turkey for staging a protest against rights violations in...
Report reveals at least 663 rights violations in 32 Turkish prisons in 3 months
A report drafted by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that at least 663 rights violations took place in 32 prisons in Turkey’s...
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