Boydak Holding executive convicted of Gülen links detained in İstanbul

An executive from the Kayseri-based Boydak Holding was detained in İstanbul on Tuesday to serve a sentence handed down on terrorism-related charges due to...

Turkish gov’t refuses to release woman jailed for alleged Gülen links despite risk of...

One of the more than 17,000 women who were jailed in Turkey in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016...

Co-rapporteur Mikko urges PACE to place Turkey under monitoring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=8s&v=VDuY8p8qtj0&app=desktop Marianne Mikko, co-rapporteur on the post-monitoring dialog with Turkey, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), criticized Turkey for jailing journalists en masse,...
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Concern among workers and unions grows as COVID-19 spreads in factories

A deterioration in the situation of workers in Turkey, a country already notorious for a large number of fatalities in work-related accidents, is causing...

60-year old man attends ‘March of Justice,’ sleeps outdoors to protest son’s arrest on...

A 60-year-old Turkish man whose son has been held in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison for over 10 months on coup charges participated in a “March...

Turkish court orders compensation for a victim of ByLock frenzy

A Turkish court has ordered compensation to be paid to one of many individuals falsely detained by police on suspicion of having been associated with...

Turkish Justice Ministry seeks cancelation of dismissed academic’s license to practice law

The Turkish Justice Ministry has filed a complaint against dismissed academic Cenk Yiğiter in an effort to cancel his license to practice law and...

CSOs protest ECtHR’s refusal of Turkish hunger strikers’ release request

Turkish civil society organizations (CSOs) including human rights defenders, lawyers and health organizations have protested a rejection by the European Court of Human Rights’s...

German FM Gabriel says Turkey-EU membership negotiations ‘nonsense’

Calling negotiations between Turkey and the EU “nonsense to a large extent,” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has blamed the estrangement between Turkey and...

Germany bans rally at mosque opening by Erdoğan in Cologne out of security concerns

The German city of Cologne has refused to allow a major rally in the city on Saturday on the occasion of the opening of...

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