Man gets restraining order against journalist he attacked in eastern Turkey
A municipal employee who in June attacked a local journalist in eastern Bitlis province has obtained a restraining order against the journalist, claiming to...
Turkey’s DEVA Party calls on gov’t, top court to implement ECtHR rulings
A spokesperson for the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) has called on the Turkish government and the Constitutional Court to implement rulings handed...
Disabled former judge sent to prison to serve sentence on conviction of Gülen links
Turkish authorities have arrested and sent to prison Mustafa Şener, a former judge suffering from severe visual impairment who was sentenced to prison on...
Turkey’s justice ministry refuses to disclose information on Sivas massacre
The Ministry of Justice has refused to disclose the number of people serving prison sentences due to the Sivas massacre in July 1993 on...
Opposition party vice chair acknowledges systematic torture of supporters of the Gülen movement
Ahmet Zeki Üçok, vice chair of the nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party, after a visit to two journalists who were recently imprisoned, said they...
Turkey released Kazakh ISIL suspect wanted by INTERPOL for lack of evidence
Turkish authorities have released pending trial a Kazakh national wanted by INTERPOL on suspicion of membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
ECtHR faults Turkey for violating freedom of expression in terrorism, insult cases
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the conviction of two individuals on charges of “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist...
ECtHR finds Turkey in violation of Syriac foundation’s property rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey for violating a Syriac foundation’s rights by expropriating a property that was used by...
Activists renew calls for release of incarcerated mothers with sick children
Following the recent death of 6-year-old Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who was separated from his imprisoned mother during his struggle with bone cancer, human rights...
Child whose mother was imprisoned over Gülen links succumbs to bone cancer
Yusuf Kerim Sayın, a child with bone cancer who made the headlines with a video of him crying and asking for his imprisoned mother...
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