Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP stages countrywide protests on 2nd anniversary of mass arrests
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Sunday held protests throughout the country against the detention and arrest of 6,000 members of the party,...
Turkish court gives lengthy prison sentences to members of Nakıboğlu family over alleged Gülen...
A Turkish court in Gaziantep province on Thursday handed down prison sentences ranging between two years, one month and 15 years to nine businessmen...
Turkish court orders main opposition leader to pay damages for claims of ‘illicit money’...
A Turkish court in İstanbul on Tuesday ordered Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to pay damages for a statement...
CHP deputy: Turkish Justice Minister doesn’t know number of jailed journalists
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Atila Sertel has said Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül was unable to provide the number of...
Turkey ranks 110th among 160 countries in The Economist’s democracy index
According to the latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index, released by The Economist on Tuesday, Turkey was ranked 110th among 167...
UN special rapporteur: Turkey must ensure fair appeal for Judge Murat Arslan after ‘gross...
The authorities in Turkey must guarantee a fair appeals process for award-winning senior Judge Murat Arslan, who has been convicted in violation of due...
27 academics get 57 years in total for signing peace declaration
Twenty-seven academics have been handed down sentences totaling 57 years, 11 months and five days on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in signing a...
300 purge victim judges, prosecutors barred from obtaining law licenses: report
Three hundred judges and prosecutors who were dismissed by the Turkish government but also acquitted or cleared of charges of membership in terrorist organizations...
Armenian church in İstanbul trashed by Turkish nationalists
The Surp Takavor Armenian Church in the Kadıköy district of İstanbul was the victim of a nationalist attack overnight, Cumhuriyet reported.
According to the report,...
Turkey orders detention of 164 suspects in ongoing crackdown on Gülen movement
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 164 suspects, including soldiers and scientists, in five separate investigations into followers...
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