Court drops new case against Dink’s convicted killer due to statute of limitations
A Turkish court has ruled to drop a case in which Ogün Samast, the convicted murderer of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, is accused of...
Turkish authorities detain 85 people over alleged Gülen links in a week of operations
Turkish authorities have over the past week detained 85 individuals due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish media reported.
Police detained 22...
Turkey blocks access to 7 news websites critical of AKP gov’t
Turkish authorities have banned access to seven news websites with a socialist editorial stance critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkish...
Turkish authorities illegally deport Syrian mother, leaving behind 5 children
Turkish authorities last week deported Fatim el Musa, a Syrian mother of five, leaving her children behind in Turkey, the Karar news website reported...
Rights groups condemn Turkey’s delay in repatriating bodies of journalists killed in drone strike
Bar associations, lawyers groups and human rights organizations in Turkey are denouncing authorities for delaying the repatriation of the bodies of two Kurdish journalists...
Erdoğan renames gold mining company seized over Gülen links in 2015
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has renamed a gold mining company that was part of Koza-İpek Holding, which was seized by the Turkish government...
Healthcare experts warn increasing poverty in Turkey directly linked to childhood obesity
Healthcare experts have warned that increasing food prices and growing poverty have had a direct effect on rising obesity among children in Turkey, the...
EU rapporteur questions ‘strange delay’ in ECtHR case of businessman jailed over Gülen links
European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor has expressed concern over the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) delay in ruling on the case...
ECtHR faults Greece over 2019 pushback of Turkish national who fled Erdoğan’s crackdown
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously found Greece in violation of multiple articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, citing...
ECtHR notified Turkey about combining cases of 30 soldiers, cadets arrested after failed coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) notified Turkey in November that it had combined applications concerning the arrest and pretrial detention of 30...
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