İstanbul bar files complaint against judge who refused to release jailed MP
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed a complaint against the judge of a high criminal court who refused to release a jailed opposition lawmaker from prison...
Turkish commander sought for 1993 deadly arson against Kurds has been collecting retirement pension
Bülent Karaoğlu, a former regiment commander who has long been wanted for allegedly torching a house belonging to a Kurdish family and murdering nine...
Turkey’s top appeals court to decide on jailed opposition MP despite Constitutional Court judgment:...
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has announced that the authorities will wait for a decision by the Supreme Court of Appeals in the case...
Journalist arrested for reporting on MİT informing Erdoğan of corruption in judiciary
Tolga Şardan, a journalist with the T24 news website who was detained earlier on Wednesday following a search of his residence over an article that revealed...
Turkish intelligence informed Erdoğan about corruption in the judiciary: report
A report by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) on corruption in the Turkish judiciary was presented to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prior to an...
Lower court in Turkey refuses to release opposition MP from prison despite top court...
A high criminal court in İstanbul has failed to comply with a recent ruling from Turkey’s Constitutional Court, which found rights violations in the...
Kurdish prisoners in Turkey complain of restrictions on their language, culture
A prison administration in Ankara has refused to deliver Kurdish-language books sent to inmates and forbidden them from singing in Kurdish and performing folk...
Ailing inmate in Turkey struck with paralysis after authorities found him fit to remain...
Cemal Tanhan, a 68-year-old man incarcerated in Bolu province despite suffering from severe illness, has become paralyzed despite the fact that the Council of...
Kurdish politician in Turkey kept in jail despite eligibility for release
Gültan Kışanak, a Kurdish politician and the former co-mayor of Diyarbakır incarcerated in Turkey, is being denied release by the authorities despite her eligibility...
Turkish ministry handed over kidnapped Yazidi child to ISIL-linked family that sold her: report
The Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Services last year handed over a kidnapped Yazidi child to a family associated with the Islamic State...
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