29 detained in probes linked to Antalya municipality in continuing crackdown on main opposition
Authorities detained 29 people on Wednesday after issuing detention warrants for 37 suspects in two separate investigations involving the Antalya municipality in southern Turkey,...
Turkey’s top court received over 551K petitions claiming rights violations in last 11 years
Turkey’s Constitutional Court received 551,156 individual applications between 2012 and Sept. 30 of this year, Turkish Minute reported on Wednesday, citing the state-run Anadolu...
Businessman accused of spying for US, UK and Israel says he spied on Gülen...
A Turkish businessman accused of spying for the US, the UK and Israel told a court Monday that he helped Ankara identify the names,...
Ailing inmate in Turkey struck with paralysis after authorities found him fit to remain...
Cemal Tanhan, a 68-year-old man incarcerated in Bolu province despite suffering from severe illness, has become paralyzed despite the fact that the Council of...
Denmark moves to deport Turkish teacher despite risk of prosecution over Gülen links
A Danish asylum ruling has put 29-year-old Turkish mathematics teacher Tuğba Koç on the brink of forced return to Turkey after authorities accepted that...
Turkey’s top court refuses to annul controversial ‘disinformation law’
In a move that led to disappointment and anger among journalists, Turkey’s top court has refused to annul a controversial media law which press...
Turkey’s top court annuls digital search law over privacy safeguards
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a criminal procedure law that allowed judges to authorize searches and the copying and seizing of suspects’ computers and...
Pro-Kurdish party calls on parliamentary committee to visit PKK leader’s island prison
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) has urged the parliament’s Committee on Human Rights Inquiry to visit the prison on İmralı Island...
Children of female inmates face malnutrition, developmental risks in Turkish prison, inspection report finds
Children living with their incarcerated mothers in a women's prison in Bursa province face risks including malnutrition and developmental problems due to poor living...
Prominent jurist faces criminal complaints due to remarks about judicial crisis
Members of Turkey’s top appeals court have filed criminal complaints against a prominent law professor due to his remarks about a recent crisis involving...
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