Turkish prison banned all communication for Gülen inmates for nearly 2 years
For 565 days, Turkish authorities cut off all communication and banned the delivery of letters and other messages to and from suspected members of...
CHP deputy Tanrıkulu questions Turkish PM about detention of human rights defenders
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question and asked Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım about the...
Turkey remands Turkish-German journalist Tolu in prison over terrorism charges
Meşale Tolu, a Turkish-German journalist, went on trial for terrorism charges in Turkey on Wednesday, saying she was innocent and demanding her immediate release,...
Court acquits man who likened Erdoğan to Gollum character
A court in the western province of Aydın, on Tuesday, acquitted physician Bilgin Çiftçi, who faced charges of insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
65-year-old woman stripped naked before visiting son in Turkish prison
Süleyman Başer, a media consultant for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) who spent 10 months in prison, said his septuagenarian mother had been...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 182 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 227 social media accounts and taken legal action against 182 users over the last week (Nov. 5-Nov. 12) on accusations...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 20 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained at least 20 people across Turkey on Monday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged...
Four European political leaders say Turkey no longer fulfils the Copenhagen criteria
“Turkey no longer fulfils the Copenhagen criteria, the key that opens the door to EU accession,” wrote Manfred Weber, the chairman of the EPP...
CHP: Speaker of Turkish Parliament lies about invitation to Kılıçdaroğlu
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Sunday denied a statement by Speaker of Parliament İsmail Kahraman saying that he invited CHP leader...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 232 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 277 social media accounts and taken legal action against 232 users over the last week (Oct.22-Oct.29, 2018) on accusations...
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