Ban on contact visitation violates rights of inmates: Ankara Bar Association
A ban on contact visitation in Turkish prisons since March 14, 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions that are still in effect in prisons, despite...
Greece seizes Libya-bound ship carrying explosive materials loaded in Turkish ports
Greek authorities have seized a Tanzanian-flagged ship heading for Libya and carrying materials, which have been loaded in Turkey's İskenderun and Mersin ports, used...
Turkish court says former public servant should be issued passport in landmark decision
An administrative court in central Turkey's Konya province has ruled that a former public servant summarily removed from his job by an executive decree...
Government appoints trustees to Lice and Görümlü municipalities
Turkish government has appointed trustees to the Lice and Görümlü municipilaties which have been under the control of popularly elected mayors from pro-Kurdish party.
Police...
Purged police officers continue to suffer in Turkey even after reinstatement
Police officers who were unlawfully dismissed from their government jobs but later reinstated by a government commission have been barred from returning to their...
Turkish justice minister signals unwillingness to interpret ECtHR ruling as precedent, defying expectations
Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç on Thursday said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment on a former teacher’s conviction on links...
Turkish gov’t detains 35 more in 6 provinces over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police on Saturday detained 35 people including six lawyers as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news...
Persecution in Turkey left kids with a Down Syndrome suffering tremendously
The unrelenting witch-hunt persecution against critics and opponents in Turkey by county’s Islamist rulers knows no boundaries when it comes to traumatizing kids and...
AI launches campaign protesting trial of Turkish activists on trumped-up ‘terrorism’ charges
Stefan Simanowitz, Amnesty International’s media director for Europe, has launched a campaign on Twitter protesting the trial of AI Turkey Chair Taner Kılıç, Director...
Pregnant woman kept in prison over Gülen links despite regulations
Four-month-pregnant Dudu Arduç, 29, in contravention of regulations is being held in an Antalya prison on terrorism charges for her alleged links to the...
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