Turkey is violating international law with airstrikes in northern Syria, says Swedish politician
Morgan Johansson, a Swedish politician and spokesperson for the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraternas), says Turkey's airstrikes in northern Syria are a violation of international law,...
Pro-Kurdish HDP appeals to Turkish court for release of jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş
Mahsuni Karaman, Yıldız İrmek, Ramazan Demir, Sertaç Buluttekin and Aygül Demirtaş, the lawyers of Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...
AKP Deputy Külünk accused of giving money to Turkish gang in Germany to buy...
Metin Külünk, a deputy from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by autocratic Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been accused in...
Nephew of Turkey’s intelligence service head fights against Turkish soldiers
Pro-Kurdish media outlets reported on Friday that a nephew of Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MİT), has been fighting against...
Widespread imprisonment of individuals with alleged Gülen links may constitute crimes against humanity: UN...
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest and detention of an individual with alleged ties to the...
Turkish court rules against release of jailed Greek soldiers
A Turkish court in Edirne province ruled on Tuesday against the release of two Greek soldiers awaiting trial on charges of military espionage and...
2 teenagers in Turkey face prison sentences for insulting Atatürk, denigrating religious values
Turkish prosecutors have demanded prison terms for a 17-year-old who was arrested last week over a video of him performing a lewd act with...
Turkish gov’t ready to block ‘abnormal’ social media messages on election day
The Turkish government is preparing to block “abnormal” social media messages during elections on June 24, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Friday.
According to the...
Prosecutor reveals corruption within judiciary in letter to Turkey’s top judicial body
İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor İsmail Uçar has come forward with a letter sent to the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) exposing corruption in...
Turkish court extends arrest warrant for neo-nationalist Sözcü daily’s owner over Gülen links
An outstanding arrest warrant for Burak Akbar, the proprietor of the neo-nationalist Sözcü daily, was extended by a Turkish court in İstanbul on Wednesday.
Akbay faces...
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