Turkish police detain 2 women for drinking beer on beach
Two women in the northern Turkish province of Zonguldak were briefly detained by police on Tuesday for drinking beer on a public beach.
According to...
Turkish court rejects Yücel’s demand for damages arising from imprisonment
A Turkish court has rejected a German-Turkish journalist’s request for compensation for his yearlong imprisonment in Turkey, The Associated Press reported.
Deniz Yücel, a correspondent...
Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally Destici: Turkey will execute Öcalan if death penalty reinstated
Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), will be executed if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signs off on...
Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by not granting visits for schoolchildren on weekends: ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkish authorities violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by not allowing...
Police block Turkish lawyers marching to Ankara to protest gov’t meddling in bar associations
Turkish police stopped dozens of senior lawyers marching to the capital of Ankara on Monday to protest a bill governing the organization of bar...
Turkish gov’t covers up killing of lawyer, human rights activist Tahir Elçi
Turkish government has covered up the killing of Tahir Elçi, a Kurdish lawyer, human rights activist and the chairman of Diyarbakır Bar Association, who...
Jailed Turkish journalist Ali Bulaç not receiving medications as prescribed
Jailed veteran columnist and renowned theologian Ali Bulaç has not been given the prescribed medications he is required to take daily by the authorities...
ECtHR to give priority to cases of jailed HDP deputies in Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will give priority to applications for the cases of 11 pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who...
PACE’s UEL Group urges for the rights of elected Members of Parliament of Turkey...
Tiny Kox, the leader of the Group of the Unified European Left at the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) has sent a letter to...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s jailed co-chair Demirtaş appears in court for first time in 14 months
Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) appeared before court in İstanbul for the first time on Friday, 14 months...
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