Turkey’s top court finds rights violation in jailing of man who exposed political patronage
Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that authorities unlawfully imprisoned a man who allegedly leaked documents showing that a youth foundation close to President Recep...
German Left Party says 16 activists, journalists detained in Turkey, calls for their release
Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke) said on Wednesday that Turkish police had detained a delegation of 16 German activists and journalists in southeastern Turkey...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate children missing after February 6 earthquakes
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday rejected a parliamentary motion submitted by the...
Prosecutors split over journalist’s investigative report, raising questions about political influence in Turkey’s judiciary
Turkish prosecutors have reached opposing decisions over the same investigative report on corruption, with İstanbul indicting journalist İsmail Arı on insult and defamation charges...
Turkish Red Crescent: Relief organization or for-profit company?
Turkey is debating whether its top charity organization, the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay), is a relief organization or a for-profit company after a recent...
Former teacher says torture by police common in Turkey’s Afyon province
Former teacher Şaban Sarıkaya, previously imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement, said he was subjected to torture and witnessed others being tortured...
Turkey accounts for 41 percent of pending cases at European human rights court
Applications involving Turkey accounted for 41 percent of all cases pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) at the end of August,...
German minister hopeful for deal with Ankara to deport unsuccessful asylum seekers
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has said her government is working at achieving closer cooperation with Ankara for the deportation of Turkish nationals with...
Elderly Kurdish couple sent to prison to serve sentence for allegedly aiding and abetting...
An elderly Kurdish couple in eastern Turkey's Van province were sent to prison on Tuesday after a top appeals court upheld a sentence handed...
Brussels protestors demand release of end-stage cancer patient, sick prisoners in Turkey
Dozens of human rights activists and a Belgian senator gathered in Brussels’ Luxembourg Square on Saturday to protest the imprisonment of Ayşe Özdoğan, a...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...