Presidential decree authorizes State Audit Board to inspect NGOs in Turkey
Turkey’s State Audit Board (DDK) has been authorized by a presidential decree to inspect nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) along with their affiliates and partnerships, the...
Şenyaşar family demanding justice in political murder case calls on lawyers for support
Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have been protesting in front of the Şanlıurfa Courthouse in southeastern Turkey to seek justice for...
Court orders stay of controversial police regulation banning recordings at protests
The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has ruled for a stay of execution of a controversial regulation issued by the country’s Security...
Pro-Erdoğan daily: 13,000 targeted in new wave of detentions
The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily on Sunday claimed that a new detention operation is underway targeting 13,000 police officers and civilians allegedly linked to...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in 11,830 applications in 2021
Turkey’s Constitutional Court found at least one violation of human rights in each of 11,830 applications in 2021, according to updated statistics announced by...
Turkish gov’t closes 116 media outlets under state of emergency
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu announced that a total of 116 media outlets have been closed by government decrees under an ongoing state...
Forensics council shouldn’t be only decision-maker in ill inmates’ cases, medical union chair says
Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a prominent human rights activist, doctor of forensic medicine and head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), has said Turkey’s Council...
Turkish court rules for continuation of imprisonment of pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş
The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court ruled on Friday for a continuation of the imprisonment of Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish...
Kyrgyz President: Those calling Turkish teachers terrorists should see a doctor
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has said those who see the teachers working at Gülen-linked SAPAT educational institutions in the country as terrorists need treatment...
An anonymous judge reveals severe situation in Turkey’s judiciary in a letter
A letter by a Turkish judge who wrote to journalist Ahmet Dönmez for the TR724 news portal has revealed the severity of the situation...
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