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...
Turkish police detain prosecutor Sarıkaya over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police on Friday detained Ferhat Sarıkaya, a prosecutor who was expelled by Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) on Thursday over his alleged...
AI reacts detention of lawyer Kılıç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey
Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s (AI) Secretary General, has reacted against the detention of lawyer Taner Kılıç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, on Tuesday in...
Turkish academic Koray Çalışkan put under house arrest
Associate Professor Koray Çalışkan, who was detained on July 10 as part of an investigation targeting 72 people including 20 university academics, has been...
Turkish spy Sayan confesses working for MİT at first hearing in Germany for monitoring...
Mehmet Fatih Sayan, an alleged member of National Intelligence Agency (MİT) of Turkey, has stood trial for alleged plans to assassinate Kurdish politicians in...
Barcelona’s Turkish player indicted for sexual harassment, possessing unregistered gun
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday indicted Barcelona football star Arda Turan on charges of sexual harassment and possessing an unregistered firearm,...
Turkish court sentences 84 defendants to aggravated life over their alleged role in coup...
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced 84 defendants to aggravated life imprisonment in a major case concerning a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
In possible sign of official discrimination, villages are identified as Alevi on Turkish Health...
The Turkish Ministry of Health has allegedly been using a map of northern Tokat province on which Alevi villages appear to be clearly marked,...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in over 73,000 cases in the last decade
The Constitutional Court of Turkey found at least one violation of rights in each of 73,089 cases handled from late September 2012 to March...
UN rights chief criticizes Turkish gov’t for withdrawing from Istanbul Convention, detaining politicians and...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in a press statement released today by her spokesperson Liz Throssell criticized the Turkish government...
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