Turkish court sentences Kurdish journalist to prison over social media posts
A Turkish court has sentenced Kurdish journalist Serdar Altan to one-and-a-half years in prison on terrorism-related charges in a retrial of his case, the...
Lawyers raise alarm over conditions for women in Turkish prisons
The İstanbul Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Assembly and Women’s Rights Center have expressed concern over conditions for women in Turkish prisons, citing overcrowding, poor...
Journalist faces 15 years on terror charges due to news reports on his arrest
One of 15 journalists who were arrested in southeastern Turkey in June 2022 and indicted on terrorism charges 10 months later is facing another...
ECtHR faults Turkey over lengthy pretrial detention of former police chiefs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the lengthy pretrial detention experienced by four police chiefs who were detained in...
Council of Europe presses Turkey over Gülen-linked pretrial detention cases
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has urged Turkey to ensure that courts rely on concrete evidence before jailing suspects pending trial, in...
Turkish commentators avoid saying Enes Kanter’s name during Eastern Conference finals for fear of...
In the latest example of self-censorship in Turkey, commentators on Turkish TV channel S Sports, the official broadcaster of the NBA games in the...
Minister’s claim of 90 pct compliance rate with ECtHR decisions in Turkey met with...
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç’s recent statement that Turkey has a 90 percent compliance rate with judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...
Armored vehicle kills 5-year-old boy in southeastern Hakkari province: report
A 5-year-old boy died after being hit by an armored vehicle in southeastern Turkey’s Hakkari province on Wednesday, the Kronos news website reported.
E.A. was waiting...
80 Turkish bar associations condemn minister’s plan to restrict lawyer access
Eighty bar associations across Turkey on Sunday condemned Justice Minister Akın Gürlek’s proposal to restrict lawyers’ access to individuals held in pretrial detention, warning...
Kremlin ‘strongly’ denies accusations of meddling in Turkish vote
The Kremlin on Friday denied it was meddling in Turkey’s presidential election campaign, after Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main rival accused Moscow of...
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