Turkish court sentences HDP deputy Birlik to 21 months in prison over ‘insulting’ Erdoğan
A Turkish court in Şırnak province has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla Birlik to 1 year and 9 months in prison for...
Arrest warrant issued for Sözcü daily’s license holder over alleged Gülen links
Following the arrest on Friday of Sözcü daily reporter Gökmen Ulu and online manager Mediha Olgun, an arrest warrant has been issued for Sözcü’s...
Islamist Turkish academic threatens people with civil war if Erdoğan loses elections
Erdoğanist Turkish academic Professor Ahmet Maranki has threatened the nation with civil war if the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its presidential...
Turkish court rules to keep two Greek soldiers in prison
A court in Turkey’s northwestern Edirne province on Tuesday ruled to keep in prison two Greek soldiers who were detained by Turkish troops patrolling...
Protests grow over Turkish government’s plan to split up major universities
Protests are growing against a bill to split up 13 Turkish universities, including İstanbul, Gazi and Anadolu, with 5,000 academics signing a petition against...
HDP says 6,000 party officials arrested since 2015
A total of 15,530 members of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been detained and 6,000 of them arrested since 2015, according to...
Turkey has no choice but to abide by ECtHR’s Yalçınkaya judgment: Turkish Bar Association
The Turkish Bar Association (TBB) has released a report on a landmark European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment delivered last year, stating that...
Veteran Turkish journalist Lale Kemal: I was put in prison without a single piece...
Veteran journalist Lale Kemal, a columnist for the Zaman newspaper, at one time Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before the Turkish government's unlawful takeover...
Turkey’s opposition vow to resist against Erdoğan’s intensifying oppression
The leaders of Turkish opposition parties have harshly reacted the Sunday government decree enforcing a one-color uniform on all prisoners across Turkey and also brought immunity...
Indictment says police, gendarmeire aided release of prime suspect of failed coup in Turkey
An indictment against security personnel who are responsible for the release of Adil Öksüz, an alleged major suspect in the investigation into a coup...
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