Former teacher accompanied by 3-year-old daughter sent to prison to serve sentence on conviction...
Sevilay Albayrak, a former teacher previously sentenced to seven years, six months in prison for her links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has been...
Turkish ministries fail to answer nearly one-third of lawmakers’ questions, parliamentary data show
Turkish government ministries failed to answer nearly one-third of written parliamentary questions submitted by lawmakers during the current legislative term, figures obtained by the...
Dissident Iranian journalist who disappeared in Turkey deported to Iran
Mohammad Bagher Moradi, a dissident Iranian journalist who disappeared in Ankara in May, is now in the custody of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards...
Top Turkish doctor says her arrest due to chemical weapons remarks ‘attempt to silence...
The head of a leading doctors union in Turkey who was arrested on terrorist propaganda charges last month has said that her imprisonment is...
UN torture committee asks Turkey to respond to complaint by woman detained over Gülen...
The UN Committee Against Torture has asked Turkey to respond within six months to a complaint by Aysun Işınkaralar, who says she was tortured...
ECtHR faults Turkey over pretrial detention of veteran journalist Çetinkaya
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of veteran journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya by holding him in pretrial detention without...
Turkish gov’t outraged by 10 ambassadors’ call for Kavala’s immediate release
Senior members of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have expressed outrage at a joint statement issued by the Ankara embassies of 10...
Parliamentary candidate from Green Left Party arrested on terrorism charges
A parliamentary candidate from the opposition Green Left Party (YSP) has been arrested on terrorism-related charges after being targeted by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman...
İstanbul mayor faces fresh probe after allegedly targeting expert witness in CHP trials
Turkish prosecutors initiated a new investigation into Ekrem İmamoğlu, the popular opposition mayor of İstanbul, shortly after he allegedly targeted a court expert whom...
Turkey among countries enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza: UN report
A United Nations report has accused Turkey, along with several Western and regional powers, of enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza through continued trade, military...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...