Kavala’s ongoing detention runs against Turkey’s commitment to rule of law and respect for...

The decision last Friday of an İstanbul court to continue the imprisonment of philanthropist and human rights activist Osman Kavala on charges related to...

Turkey tops the list for number of European Court of Human Rights judgments finding...

Turkey tops the list of 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states that received the most judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...

German Federal Bar President asks Bozdağ to guarantee lawyers to perform their duties

Ekkehart Schaffer, the President of  the German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer), which represents 28 German Bars and entire legal profession in Germany, has sent a...

European rights court requests Turkey’s defense for imprisonment of Kurdish leader over Kobani protests

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked Turkey to provide its defense for the pre-trial detention of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş in...

Leaked emails show list of to-be-purged generals was drafted before Turkey’s failed coup

Turkey’s General Staff in 2015 drafted a list of generals and officers who were slated to be purged from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK)...

Turkish parliament’s decision to expel Gergerlioğlu is another blow to democracy, say PACE monitors

The stripping of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu’s mandate is “another and repeated blow” that undermines parliamentary rights and immunity in...

‘I fear for my life in here,’ says disabled bomb expert imprisoned on terrorism...

"I fear for my life in here," said disabled former bomb disposal expert Bilal Konakçı in a letter he wrote from his prison cell...

82-year-old philanthropist with Alzheimer’s sentenced to 17 years over Gülen links

The İzmir 2nd High Criminal Court on Friday handed down a jail sentence of 17 years, four months to 82-year-old businessman and philanthropist Yusuf...

Reactions mount as Turkey bans alcohol sales during 17-day lockdown

The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has drawn the ire of secular Turks after it banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in...

HDP deputy Kaya submits parliamentary question concerning access to healthcare in Istanbul prison

Hüda Kaya, a deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party, has submitted a parliamentary question addressing Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül regarding the lack of accessible...
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