Brother of young woman killed in police shooting dies by suicide
The brother of a young woman who was shot and killed during a police raid on her family home in 2015 died by suicide...
I was used as a bargaining chip, pastor Brunson says
Andrew Brunson, an American pastor who was jailed for two years in Turkey before he was released in 2018, has said that Turkey used...
Court says lack of evidence reason for acquittal of police officers in lawyer’s murder...
A Turkish court that last month acquitted three police officers accused of killing a prominent human rights lawyer has said in its reasoned decision...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by uploading their correspondence to judicial network server
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to respect for private life of 14 inmates by uploading...
Turkish prosecutors investigate journalists, quake victims’ relatives over criticism of court experts
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into six relatives of victims of earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey in February 2023 and two journalists over...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 78 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 78 people in the last five days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
2 more infants join their mothers in Turkish prison as crackdown on dissidents continues
As families continue to fall victim to Turkey's post-coup purge, two more infants, 3-month-old Mehmet Mirza and 1-year-old Ahmet Ümit, joined their mothers in...
Quake victims suffering from disease unable to access basic medicine, healthcare services
Victims of devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey’s southern provinces in early February are having problems accessing essential health services and basic medicine, the TR724...
Kurdish soldier dies under suspicious circumstances after complaining to father of harassment
Osman Özçalımlı, a gendarmerie private recently assigned to a prison in the western city of İzmir, died under suspicious circumstances on Saturday, a day...
RTÜK hits pro-opposition network with broadcasting ban, fine
Turkey’s broadcast regulator has imposed a broadcasting ban and a fine on an opposition-affiliated TV station over remarks made during a political commentary program,...
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