Turkish prison administration restricts HDP candidate Demirtaş’s access to newspapers
The administration of Edirne Prison initially refused to give jailed politician and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş a newspaper in which...
Journalist, human rights activist Cengiz faces life sentence despite the lack of any evidence
Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist Orhan Kemal Cengiz is facing consecutive life sentence on coup charges along with 29 other Zaman daily...
PACE rapporteur calls on Spain, Turkey to include opponents, journalists in prison amnesty
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Boriss Cilevics has called on Spain and Turkey to include imprisoned politicians in early releases prompted by...
Israeli footballer in Turkey briefly detained over Gaza war message
A Turkish court on Monday released pending trial an Israeli footballer who was detained after displaying a message referring to the Israel-Hamas war during...
Teacher Gürer dies due to reappearance of cancer in Turkish prison where he was...
A veteran Turkish teacher who was jailed as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement...
İstanbul Bar files complaint against Minister Soylu over his ‘break the legs’ order
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed an official complaint against Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu over his call for policemen to “break the legs”...
Turkish gov’t detains 478 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 478 people last week (Sept.17-Sept.24) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
HRW: Erdoğan’s visit an opportunity for Germany to address human rights concerns in Turkey
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel should use the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s upcoming visit as an opportunity to raise numerous human...
Kemal Sancılı, publisher of pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, arrested by Turkish court
Kemal Sancılı, the publisher of the now-closed pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem newspaper was arrested by a Turkish court on Friday.
According to a report by pro-Kurdish...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for parents of police officer Hüseyin Korkmaz after his...
Detention warrants have been issued for six family members of Hüseyin Korkmaz, the former deputy head of the İstanbul Police Financial Crime Department, who...
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