Indictment seeks up to 15 years jail time for 71 businessmen over Gulen links
An indictment prepared by a Kayseri prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of from three to 15 years for 71 businessmen due to their alleged...
Turkish teacher convicted of ‘praising terrorism’ to start serving prison sentence with baby
Ayşe Çelik, a Turkish teacher sentenced to one year, three months in prison over allegedly “praising terrorism and a terrorist organization” in a TV...
Turkish journalist under suicide risk re-arrested a few hours after release
Ayşenur Parıldak, a 27-year old Turkish journalist, has been arrested again a few hours after an Ankara court released her from nine-months pre-trial detention...
US warns against travel to Turkey due to COVID-19, urges increased caution for arbitrary...
The US State Department warned its citizens on Monday against travel to Turkey due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases and also urged...
CHP official given suspended prison sentence for insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy provincial chairman of Batman province Hüseyin Yaşar has been handed down a suspended prison sentence of 11 months 20...
Court accepts indictment accusing 29 journalists of terrorist activity
An indictment of 29 journalists, 25 of whom are jailed, was accepted on Monday by the İstanbul 25th High Criminal Court, seeking up to...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 68 labour union leaders over alleged links to...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants on Friday for 68 former labour union leaders as part of its massive post-coup witch campaign targeting alleged members...
76-year-old man convicted for speaking Kurdish dies in prison
Ali Boçnak (76), who was detained in 2009 for conducting a religious ceremony in his mother tongue of Kurdish, has passed away in prison,...
Turkish Interior Ministry sentenced to pay TL 1 mln to man who lost eye...
An İstanbul court has ordered the Turkish Interior Ministry on Monday to pay over 1 million Turkish Liras in compensation to an academic who...
Turkey’s regional court overturns CHP deputy Berberoğlu verdict, orders retrial
A regional court of justice on Monday overturned an İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court decision made on June 14 handing down a prison sentence...
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