Turkey detains school principals for commemorating victims of Roboski massacre

Gendarmes in southeastern Turkey have detained three school principals over their WhatsApp stories commemorating the victims of the 2011 Roboski massacre, the Artı Gerçek...

Local journalist gets prison sentence for ‘insulting’ his attacker

A local journalist in eastern Turkey who was attacked by two people connected to the mayor of a Justice and Development Party (AKP)-run municipality...

Turkish prosecutor seeks prison sentences for journalists who covered alleged judicial corruption

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded prison sentences for journalists Faruk Eren and Furkan Karabay on charges of “targeting officials fighting terrorism” due to their...

ECtHR must understand that Turkey’s Gülen trials are vindictive, jurist says

Turkish human rights lawyer Lale Demirkaya has said in an interview that the trials of alleged Gülen movement members in Turkey are vindictive and...

Int’l judicial platform calls on Turkey to restore rule of law, abide by ECtHR...

An international platform established by four judges associations in Europe to promote the rule of law in Turkey has called on the country to...

Guards in SE Turkey prison allegedly beat inmates for exchanging greetings

Prison guards in Diyarbakır allegedly beat six inmates for greeting a fellow inmate on his way back to his cell from seeing visitors, the...

Turkey’s top court received over 200K petitions claiming rights violations in past 2 years

The Constitutional Court of Turkey received nearly 220,000 individual applications over the past two years from people who claim that they were subjected to...

Turkish police officer acquitted of murder due to failure of ATK to provide evidence...

A Turkish court has acquitted a police officer in the case of Miraç Miroğlu, a 7-year-old boy on a bicycle who was crushed to...

Justice minister stands behind court verdict in trial of Somali president’s son

In the wake of outrage over a fine of less than $1,000 handed down by a Turkish court to a son of the Somali president who...

Prosecutor behind claims of corruption in Turkish judiciary appointed to top appeals court

An İstanbul prosecutor who exposed alleged corruption in Turkey’s judicial system in a letter to the country’s highest judicial body last year has been...
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