Student given house arrest for allegedly ‘insulting’ President Erdogan on Twitter
A university student has been sentenced to house arrest for allegedly insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by retweeting a post in Twitter.
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Germany grants asylum requests of Turkish military officers
Germany has approved the requests for political asylum of a number of Turkish military officers that were lodged following a coup attempt in Turkey...
841 prisoners in critical health conditions kept in jails across Turkey
841 prisoners are kept in Turkish jails despite of their critical health conditions, according to recent figures shared by Turkey’s Justice Ministry.
Justice Ministry revealed...
Arrest warrant issued for released HDP deputy Konca
The Batman 3rd High Criminal Court has ruled for the arrest of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Siirt deputy Besime Konca, who was released...
Amnesty International launches urgent action for 3 Turkish nationals arrested in Malaysia
Amnesty International (AI) has launched an “Urgent Action” for three Turkish men arrested in Malaysia and at the risk of torture. AI has published...
Gülmen and Özakça enter 61st day of hunger strike for reinstatement to their jobs
A university academic and a primary school teacher who were removed from their posts by government decrees in the aftermath of a failed coup...
3,623 aggravated life sentences sought in Turkey for scholar Fethullah Gülen
Turkish prosecutors, part of a judiciary strongly under the influence of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, have demanded 3,623 aggravated life sentences for...
Pro-gov’t journalist says killing Gülen followers, even their babies a religious obligation
Hüseyin Adalan, a journalist working for a number of pro-government media outlets, has said it is a religious obligation to kill all followers of...
EU reacts to journalist Parıldak’s re-arrest
The European Union (EU) has reacted to the recent re-arrest of 27 year-old Turkish journalist Ayşenur Parıldak after she was released pending trial.
Parıldak, a...
891 detained over alleged Gülen links, 41 for social media posts in one week
A total of 891 people were detained in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement while 41 detained due to their posts on social media...
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