Three consecutive life sentences sought for prominent journalists on coup charges

An indictment prepared by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks three consecutive life sentences for 16 people including Turkey’s prominent journalists, on coup...

Erdoğan says extradition of Die Welt journalist impossible as long as he is in...

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said extradition of Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who was jailed in Turkey in February, to Germany will...

Erdoğan says state of emergency to be extended when expires

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said a state of emergency which went into effect in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt...

Ahead of referendum, UN experts warn Turkey about impact of purge on economic, social...

Turkey’s state of emergency has been used as a justification to undertake massive violations of the right to education and the right to work...

Turkey is no longer a country governed by the rule of law, says a...

In a new report unveiled today as part of continuing series that focus on human rights violations and arbitrariness in the application of the...

PEW survey shows restrictions on religion rise in Turkey under Erdoğan regime

The restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion increased in 2015 for the first time in three years, according to Pew Research Center’s...

Turkey’s Erdoğan says Turks will shape Europe’s future

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said "Europe's future depends on the Turks who live there," during a political rally in the Black...

15-year sentence sought for MİT truck prosecutor on terror charges

An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks a jail sentence of between seven-and-a-half and 15 years for former prosecutor Aziz...

Days before critical referendum in Turkey oppression targeting naysayers soars

As political tension escalates days before the critical referendum on Sunday over a radical switch to executive presidency, widespread oppression over naysayers and abuse...

FDD experts: Erdoğan more concerned about opposition to his power than about Turks’ lives

Assessing the Turkish government’s ostensible struggle against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) the experts of Washington D.C. based Foundation for Defense...
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