3 more Turkish academics get suspended sentences for peace call
An İstanbul high criminal court on Thursday handed down suspended sentences of one year, three months to three Turkish academics on terrorism charges resulting...
15-year sentences sought for lawyers on terrorism charges
A public prosecutor has sought a prison sentence of 15 years for each of 33 lawyers on charges of membership in a terrorist organization...
Prosecutor investigates deputy over terrorism for failing to condemn speech
A prosecutor in Diyarbakır recently launched an investigation into human rights activist and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on suspicion of...
Turkey deports 29-year-old Egyptian who faces death penalty at home
Turkish authorities in January deported a 29-year-old Egyptian engineer, Mohamed Abdelhafiz, who is reportedly a member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, to his home country.
Abdelhafiz...
Erdoğan’s government to seize Turkey’s largest listed bank
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated his determination that Turkey's largest listed bank, Türkiye İş Bankası (İşbank), would be handed over to the Treasury,...
Kavala complains about lack of indictment after 15 months in pretrial detention
Turkish human rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala underlined in a letter sent from prison that he has spent 15 months in pretrial detention...
Jailed former mayor of Diyarbakır sentenced to 14 years in prison on terrorism charges
Gülten Kışanak, a former mayor of Diyarbakır who has been in pretrial detention since October 31, 2016, was sentenced on Friday to 14 years,...
Aggravated life sentences sought for police officers who exposed Erdoğan family’s corruption in 2013
An İstanbul prosecutor is seeking aggravated life sentences for 25 defendants on charges of attempting to overthrow the government due to their alleged involvement...
1,076 pro-NATO soldiers purged from Turkish military since end of state of emergency
A total of 1,076 military members have been dismissed due to alleged links to the Gülen movement since the end of a state of...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules against sick prisoner’s release after his death
The Turkish Constitutional Court in December denied a request for the release of sick prisoner Celal Şeker, nine months after he passed away, the...
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