Turkey’s Erdoğan once again sues CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu for TL 250,000 in non-pecuniary damages
Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday once again filed a lawsuit against Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu...
Turkish court convicts academic on terrorism-related charges based on one-dollar bills, personal notes and...
A Turkish court convicted Vedat Demir, a professor of communications and former columnist, on terrorism-related charges based on five one-dollar bills, personal notes, tweets...
Turkish officers seeking asylum in Netherlands allowed to stay for 18 months
A group of Turkish officers who refused to return to Turkey in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July 15 and sought...
Turkey has done illegal renditions from more countries in past 6 years than any...
“Turkey has done illegal renditions from more countries in the last six years than any other country in the world,” said Nate Schenkkan, Freedom...
Altan’s magic is stronger than Turkish prison walls: Italian journalist Saviano
In an open letter published by Corriere della Sera, Italian journalist and writer Roberto Saviano said Turkish authorities' refusal to release Ahmet Altan, a...
Press Release: Stockholm Center for Freedom releases report on Turkey’s Judicial Council
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Turkey’s Judicial Council: Guarantor or Annihilator of Judicial Independence,” a study that focuses...
Expelled pro-Kurdish MP released after brief detention in dawn raid
Turkish authorities on Sunday briefly detained a pro-Kurdish opposition MP who had refused to leave parliament for several days after his parliamentary status was...
Turkish activists demonstrate in solidarity with Yüksel Street protestors on social media
Turkish activists have come together on social media to show solidarity with the Yüksel Street protestors, a group of former public servants who have...
Syriac organizations demand freedom for priest sentenced on terror charges in Turkey
Syriac organizations in Europe have demanded that the Turkish government release and drop all charges against priest Sefer (Aho) Bileçen, who was handed down...
212 protestors detained as Turkey marked May Day under full lockdown
Police detained 212 demonstrators in İstanbul, including labor union members and university students, governor's office said on Saturday, for attempting to stage a May...
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