Turkey’s far-right party leader calls for closure of top court over judicial crisis
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, has called for either closure or restructuring of the country’s...
Erdoğan signals limiting top court’s power as he sides with appeals court in crisis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using a judicial crisis involving two high courts due to conflicting rulings on a jailed lawmaker to press...
Lawyers in Turkey face harassment, mistreatment over their work, int’l delegation says
An international delegation comprising 27 bar associations, human rights organizations and legal groups from eight countries reported severe mistreatment of lawyers in Turkey, pointing...
Turkish appeals judges’ defiance of top court sparks backlash, protests as crisis unfolds
The Turkish judiciary is facing an unprecedented crisis following the Supreme Court of Appeals’ refusal to comply with the Constitutional Court’s (AYM) ruling in...
Lawyers complain of Turkish authorities’ failure to effectively investigate Gabonese student’s death
Lawyers representing the family of Jeannah Dinabongho Ibouanga, a 17-year-old Gabonese student who was allegedly murdered in northwestern Turkey, said the incident was not...
Man imprisoned on Gülen links to spend 10 more months behind bars for making...
İsmet Özçelik, incarcerated on conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was sentenced to 10 months extra imprisonment for making prayer beads out...
War of high courts: Appeals judges defy ruling to release MP, file criminal complaints...
A chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has said the continued incarceration of an opposition lawmaker is legally appropriate, deciding not to comply...
Turkey’s top court refuses to annul controversial ‘disinformation law’
In a move that led to disappointment and anger among journalists, Turkey’s top court has refused to annul a controversial media law which press...
Top prosecutor in Turkey defies Constitutional Court ruling, says jailed MP should not be...
The office of Turkey’s top prosecutor has found the continued incarceration of an opposition lawmaker legally appropriate despite a recent ruling from the country’s...
Rights groups demand release of jailed Kurdish leaders on 7th anniversary of their arrest
In a joint statement released Friday, four prominent human rights organizations have called for the immediate release of Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, the former co-chairs...
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