Lawyer representing dissident politician Akşener detained over coup involvement

Nuri Polat, a lawyer representing Meral Akşener, a former deputy and candidate for leadership of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has been detained...

Altınok: Turkish gov’t dismisses 22,987 police officers over alleged links to Gülen movement

Selami Altınok, the General Director of Turkish Police Department, has stated on Tuesday that 22,987 police officers have been dismissed from Turkish police department...

Turkey’s judicial board reshuffles 3,320 judges and prosecutors

The Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has reshuffled the districts of 3,320 judges and prosecutors, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. The...

Turkish gov’t detains 25 people over their alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish police detained 25 people, including university students who study in the faculties of engineering and medicine, on Saturday in Adana province over their...

Turkish gov’t asks Sweden to extradite former PYD leader Muslim

The Turkish government asked Sweden on Thursday to arrest Salih Muslim, the former Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader, calling for his extradition from...

Amid a culture of impunity, court changes prison sentence of soldier who ran over...

In the case of special sergeant S.K., who killed 85-year-old Pakize Hazar in June 2017 with an armored vehicle in a street closed to...

Stop discriminating in this time of distress… Release political prisoners, too

Amid fear of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic to the country’s overcrowded prisons, the Turkish government has presented a bill to the Turkish...

Turkish woman sent back to jail with her newborn baby a day after delivery

Ayşe Ateş, who was jailed when she was five months pregnant due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, gave birth at an İzmir...

6 people trying to flee persecution in Turkey detained by police

Turkish police detained six people, including two children, in Kırklareli province on Saturday over their alleged links to the Gülen movement as they were reportedly...

Turkey ranked 116th among 140 countries in global rule of law index

Turkey was ranked 116th among 140 countries in the rule of law index published by the World Justice Project (WJP) on Wednesday, Turkish Minute reported. Turkey ranked...
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