Turkey detains 42 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Thursday detained 42 people for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the government of “terrorist activities.”
Carried...
Persecution of Gülen movement’s alleged followers by Turkey’s Erdoğan regime goes on
Turkish government's persecution targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement has continued on the weekend. In a Mersin-based investigation 5 military cadets and...
Sending money to imprisoned relatives is not terrorism financing: İHD
The Turkey-based Human Rights Association (İHD) on Thursday released a statement calling on the authorities to end their practice of targeting people on terrorism...
Top election authority overturns annulment of pro-Kurdish party candidate’s election victory
Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Wednesday approved an appeal made by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) against a decision...
Woman jailed for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan on social media
A 54-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday in Eskişehir province for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, private news agency...
Conscripts sentenced to life in retrial over coup charges
Turkish authorities have rearrested and sent to prison four former conscripts who were sentenced to life in prison in a retrial related to a...
Lawyer: Turkey’s presidential candidate Demirtaş could be freed from prison within days
Selahattin Demirtaş, presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), could be released from prison within days, one of his lawyers told Kurdistan24...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules in favor of lawyer prosecuted for defending tortured client
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of Barzan Demirhan, a lawyer prosecuted for allegedly threatening a police officer while defending a client subjected...
Turkish court sentences journalist Kazım Canlan to 7,5 years on “terror” charges
The Ankara 26th High Criminal Court on Monday handed down a seven year, six month sentence to journalist Kazım Canlan after he was convicted...
ECtHR seeks Turkey’s defense in case of ousted lawmaker
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has requested a defense from Turkey in the case of Can Atalay, a jailed politician who had...
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