Turkish court orders continued detention of activist Kavala
An İstanbul court ruled to keep prominent businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala behind bars at the second hearing of a trial concerning...
Turkey’s Erdoğan regime extends post-coup witch hunt targeting Gülen followers abroad
Turkey, under the autocratic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has stepped up its witch hunt against the alleged members of Gülen movement abroad,...
HDP faces ban as Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals launches probe into the party
The chief prosecutor’s office of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has launched a probe into the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and asked for...
İstanbul court gives 18 months jail term for journalist Çelikkan, 15 months for academic...
Journalist and author Murat Çelikkan, who joined ‘the Editor-in-Chief on Watch’ campaign in solidarity with the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, which was later shut...
Expelled pro-Kurdish MP‘s ‘justice watch’ at parliament in third day
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of his parliamentary status on Wednesday and has...
Two consecutive life sentences sought for 13 Turkish journalists, singer on coup charges
An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office seeks two consecutive life sentences for 13 journalists including Atilla Taş, a pop singer and...
‘I don’t want him to die in prison,’ says spouse of lymphoma patient imprisoned...
The wife of Veysel Alıcı, who was arrested in February on charges of links to the Gülen movement despite his lymphoma, told the Bold...
İstanbul court orders not to release 6 journalists over alleged links to Gülen movement
An İstanbul court ruled on Friday to remand in custody all alleged “media leg” suspects, including journalists Nazlı Ilıcak, Mehmet Altan and novelist Ahmat...
Top court annuls life sentences given to 37 military cadets on coup charges
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has annulled life sentences handed down to 37 military cadets on charges of attempting to destroy the constitutional order...
HDP, CHP criticize Erdoğan’s claim that HDP co-chair Demirtaş is a terrorist
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Turkey's main oppostion Republican People’s Party (CHP) have criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said he...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...