Turkey’s top court accepts indictment seeking to disband pro-Kurdish party
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Monday accepted an indictment by a top prosecutor seeking to disband a pro-Kurdish opposition party on terror-related charges, The Associated...
Decline in Turks’ confidence in judiciary, satisfaction with education highest among OECD members: report
Turkey was the country that saw the steepest decline in confidence in the judiciary and satisfaction with the education system among Organization for Economic...
Family fears deportation to China of Uyghur detained in İstanbul
The family of Kurban Tohtiniyaz, a Uighur who was detained in İstanbul on September 6, fears his deportation to China.
According to a video posted...
Turkey Tribunal working on complaint to be submitted to Int’l Criminal Court
The Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal, said it had started working on a complaint to be filed with the International Criminal...
Mother of toddler sent to prison over Gülen links despite regulations
Esra Aşçı, the mother of a 16-month-old boy, was arrested on Wednesday in a terrorism case for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
HDP says Turkish gov’t destructs 13 cemeteries where killed PKK militants buried
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has stated on Friday that Turkish authorities have destructed at least 13 cemeteries where the killed militants of...
Top court finds no rights violation in lengthy pretrial detention of Kurdish politician
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found no rights violation in the five-year pretrial detention of a Kurdish politician, which it said had lasted for only...
Persecution of Gülen movement’s alleged followers by Turkey’s Erdoğan regime goes on
Turkish government's persecution targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement has continued on the weekend. In a Mersin-based investigation 5 military cadets and...
Reactions mount to Turkish PM Bozdağ over his denial of massive twitter arrests
Deputy Prime Minister and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ has been criticized on social media for saying “nobody was arrested...
As trial nears end, jailed Turkish journalist Türköne calls for investigation into prosecutor
Professor Mümtaz’er Türköne, who is among 11 former columnists and editors of the now-closed Zaman daily standing trial on various charges, has said he...
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