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...
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...
2,988 consecutive life sentences sought for 38 suspects in coup trial
A total of 2,988 consecutive life sentences are sought for 38 out of 221 suspects in an indictment prepared into a failed coup attempt...
Right to fair trial most frequently violated right in Turkey: top court
The right to a fair trial is the most frequently violated right in Turkey according to statistics announced by the Constitutional Court on its website...
Jailed Turkish philanthropist awaits his fate under Erdoğan’s wrath
Jailed without a conviction since 2017, Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala says he feels like a tool in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s attempts to blame...
Turkey has prosecuted some 1,600 lawyers, arrested 615 since failed coup: report
Turkey has prosecuted more than 1,600 attorneys and arrested 615 of them on terrorism charges since a failed coup in 2016, Turkish Minute reported,...
4 MEPs call for urgent release of university students arrested over Boğaziçi protests
Four members of the European Parliament have demanded that two students from İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University arrested for participating in protests be released immediately, according...
Turkey lifts parliamentary immunity of MP from pro-Kurdish party
The Turkish Parliament on Tuesday lifted the parliamentary immunity of a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on terrorism charges, Turkish Minute...
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