Turkish gov’t sentences Fethullah Gülen’s lawyer to 12 years in prison
Turkish government has sentenced Feti Ün, a prominent lawyer who has represented US-based Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen for years, to 12 years in prison...
Turkish teacher Çabuk arrested by Georgian court upon Turkish government’s request
Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish teacher with a valid Georgian residence permit, was sent to prison by a Tbilisi court hours after he was detained...
7.5-year jail time sought for pro-Kurdish daily ‘Editor in Chief on Watch’
An indictment prepared by a Turkish prosecutor seeks a jail term of up to 7.5 years for author Murat Uyurkulak who worked as an...
National Geographic reports on fatal threats posed by ambitious megaprojects to İstanbul, environment
Three megaprojects being built on the European side of İstanbul may collectively represent “ecocide” according to activists, and there are a host of potential...
Kavala complains about lack of indictment after 15 months in pretrial detention
Turkish human rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala underlined in a letter sent from prison that he has spent 15 months in pretrial detention...
Turkish police detains 12 people including DBP provincial co-chair in Van
Turkish police forces raided the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions' Party (DBP) office and some houses in Turkey’s eastern province of Van on Thursday morning and...
Supreme appeals court member sentenced for lending money to a colleague
Former member of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals Süleyman Pehlivan, who was sentenced to thirteen-and-a-half years on terrorism charges, has been confined to a...
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Irmak to 10 years in prison
A Turkish court in Gaziantep province has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Selma Irmak to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges.
The...
Bookstore bombing suspects released by Turkish court
The Van 1st High Criminal Court during a retrial ruled for the release of noncommissioned officers Özcan İldeniz and Ali Kaya and outlawed Kurdistan...
Turkey to revoke citizenship of 130 abroad including Gülen, HDP deputies
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released a list of 130 people who are currently abroad including Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and two deputies from the...
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