Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy says Turkish Parliament impeding oversight through censorship
The Turkish Parliament Speaker’s Office has returned several parliamentary questions from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) dealing with human rights, prison conditions, censorship,...
Turkish prosecutor demands 7,5 years for 32 academics for signing peace petition
Thirty-two Turkish academics who signed a peace petition were called before a criminal court on Friday, where the prosecutor demanded the court sentence them...
CIA director Haspel listens to recording of Khashoggi killing during Turkey visit
CIA director Gina Haspel on a visit to Turkey earlier this week listened to an audio recording purportedly of the killing of Saudi journalist...
Another appeal against Booking.com ban rejected by Turkish court
A Turkish court of appeals has rejected a renewed appeal filed by Dutch-based online hotel booking platform Booking.com against a ban on its activities...
Turkey sees 60,000 incidents of violence against healthcare personnel in last 5 years
A total of 60,000 incidents of violence against healthcare workers have been reported in Turkey in the last five years, said Metin Memiş, president...
Turkish court arrests former prosecutor Sarıkaya on terrorism charges
Former Turkish public prosecutor Ferhat Sarıkaya, who was recently disbarred and subsequently detained, was arrested on Thursday on charges of membership in the Gülen...
Ailing 85-year-old Kurdish woman in Turkish jail: Take me to my village before I...
Sise Bingöl, an 85-year-old Kurdish woman who was arrested by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and was returned to prison...
Demirtaş’s attorney named lawyer of the week by The Times
Reyhan Yalçındağ Baydemir, one of the lawyers for Selahattin
Demirtaş, a jailed Kurdish politician in Turkey, has been selected as
lawyer of the week...
Kavala complains about lack of indictment after 15 months in pretrial detention
Turkish human rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala underlined in a letter sent from prison that he has spent 15 months in pretrial detention...
Tourists to be detained at airports if suspected of ties to terrorism: minister
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Monday vowed to detain and deport tourists at airports if they are suspected of links to terrorism.
Addressing a...
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