Wife says CoE inaction over Kavala case undermines ECtHR’s credibility
Professor Ayşe Buğra, the wife of jailed businessman and rights activist Osman Kavala, has criticized the Council of Europe (CoE) for its inaction in...
Inmate details horrific conditions of prison where former police officer was found dead
The statements of a former inmate who was held in the same prison as Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, a former police officer who was found dead...
Turkey blocks nearly 400 Gülen-linked accounts in digital crackdown
Turkey’s Communications Directorate has announced the blocking of nearly 400 social media accounts it claims are linked to the faith-based Gülen movement, in the...
Inmate with late stage cancer awaiting presidential pardon for 8 months
Yusuf Özmen, an ailing cancer patient who is serving a sentence on conviction of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has been awaiting...
Jailed İstanbul mayor testifies to prosecutors in new probe over his courtroom remarks
İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, testified to prosecutors on Wednesday as part of a fresh investigation concerning remarks he made during a recent court...
Radio station appeals license cancellation over Armenian genocide reference to Turkey’s top court
Açık Radyo (Open Radio), whose broadcasts were silenced in October 2024 by Turkish authorities after a guest spoke on air about Armenian genocide, has...
HDP aspires to solve ‘Kurdish problem’ in parliament: Demirtaş
Jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has said the party aspires to solve Turkey’s so-called Kurdish problem and...
EU’s Turkey rapporteur visits jailed İstanbul mayor, says Turkey’s EU future ‘begins in Silivri’
Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkey, visited jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Friday at Marmara Prison in Silivri, expressing strong...
Turkish FM’s comments an admission of political nature of Kavala case: lawyers
Lawyers for Osman Kavala, a prominent Turkish philanthropist and businessman who has been in jail since 2017, said that recent statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan...
Boğaziçi University administration cancels class taught by gov’t critic
Political pressure on Turkish universities is continuing, with yet another class taught by a government critic canceled by Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University, the Evrensel daily reported.
Lecturer Sefa Ziya...
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