Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by not granting visits for schoolchildren on weekends: ECtHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkish authorities violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by not allowing...

Greek appeals court approves asylum for 2nd Turkish officer

The Athens Court of Appeals has approved the asylum request of another military officer who fled to neighboring Greece in a military helicopter following...

Senior AKP member: Turkey’s Gezi Park protests completely planned by Germany

Burhan Kuzu, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) and an AKP İstanbul deputy, has...

Turkey’s Kanal İstanbul to wreak irreversible ecological destruction, watchdog says

Turkey’s Chamber of Civil Engineers (ÇMO) has released a report on “Kanal İstanbul” – a canal similar to the Bosporus that will be dug...

Ankara court reinstates dismissed ‘Peace Academic,’ orders compensation for damages sustained

The Ankara 21st Administrative Court has announced its decision to reinstate academic Mine Gencel Bek, who was dismissed from her job by an emergency...

Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 127 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

The Turkish government on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 127 people, mostly active duty military officers, across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup...

Turkey’s top prosecutor who seeks to close pro-Kurdish party visits nationalist group in parliament

Turkey’s top prosecutor, who filed a closure case against the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in March 2021, paid a visit to the nationalist...

Turkish court approves jail sentences for 4 pro-Kurdish HDP parliamentary candidates

A Gaziantep regional court has approved jail sentences for four Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members who are also standing as parliamentary candidates in the...

Turkish court censors online content on judicial bribery allegations

A court in İstanbul has ruled to block access to 59 pieces of online content, including news articles, columns, social media posts and videos...

İYİ Party member detained by Turkish police for tweet claiming Halkbank to be fined...

An İstanbul court has ruled for the pretrial detention of Kerim Yılmaz, a High Advisory Board member of the İYİ Party, over a tweet...

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