Council of Europe urges Turkey to uphold judicial independence
The Council of Europe’s monitoring committee in an information note has expressed concerns over the independence of the judiciary in Turkey and urged authorities...
Erdoğan’s AKP promises in its election manifesto to keep state of emergency in effect
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which released its election manifesto for the June 24 general election on Thursday, has promised to...
Turkey’s judicial crisis deepens as Council of State defies Constitutional Court
Turkey’s Council of State has refused to comply with a Constitutional Court ruling concerning the dismissal of an academic who signed a 2016 petition...
Turkish journalist briefly detained due to article titled ‘We can stop the dictatorship’
Turkish journalist Ali Ergin Demirhan, an editor at the critical sendika.org news website, was briefly detained on Monday due to an article on the...
Turkish court sentences singer to 12 months in prison for allegedly insulting Erdoğan in...
Composer Erdal Güney was sentenced by a Turkish court to nearly 12 months in prison for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a...
Turkey’s jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş appeals to public via phone call to his wife
Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who has been in pretrial detention since November 2016, addressed the Turkish...
Turkish gov’t detains 492 people over links to Gülen movement last week
The Turkish government detained a total of 492 people last week (June 4-June 11) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Turkish prosecutor extends detention of investigative journalist Öztürk
The İstanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday extended the detention of Ece Sevim Öztürk, a journalist known for her investigative reporting on a coup...
German party urges Özil and Gündoğan be dropped from World Cup squad over Erdoğan...
The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Tuesday called for Turkish-German soccer players Mesut Özil and İlkay Gündoğan, who had their photographs taken with...
Turkish court acquits Erdoğanist gang leader who threatened Gülen-linked people with hanging
Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was acquitted by a Turkish court on Thursday in...
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