Turkish court hands down reduced sentences to veteran journalists Ilıcak, Altan in third retrial
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced veteran journalists Nazlı Ilıcak and Ahmet Altan to reduced prison terms in their third retrial on charges of...
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin sent to İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, detained in Turkey last week on terrorism-related allegations, was arrested on March 29 and transferred two days later to Silivri...
Turkish lawmakers seek probe into alleged sexual threat against 17-year-old girl in pretrial detention
Lawmakers from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) have called for a parliamentary investigation into alleged rights violations and a sexual...
Over 1,000 prominent figures urge democratic resolution to Kurdish struggle for recognition
A total of 1043 prominent figures, including politicians, legal experts, journalists and celebrities, have issued a joint statement calling for a peaceful and democratic...
Turkey detains 60 people on alleged Gülen links
Sixty people have been detained in as many as 14 cities for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group outlawed by Ankara,...
Most Turks see legal cases against jailed İstanbul mayor as politically motivated: poll
A majority of Turkish citizens believe that the investigations targeting İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been in pretrial detention since March 23, are...
Turkey braces for further protests as 7 journalists arrested
Seven journalists detained for covering the mass protests that have gripped Turkey were arrested on Tuesday as the country braced for another day of...
OIC member states convene at Turkey’s invitation to denounce Quran burning, Islamophobia
Upon the invitation of Turkey, members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened in Jeddah on January 31 to condemn the recent burning...
Turkey has dismissed 4,562 military personnel in post-coup purge
Turkey has purged 4,562 military personnel from the Turkish Armed Forces since the end of a two-year state of emergency declared after a coup...
Turkey’s RTÜK fines TV channel for insulting pro-gov’t foundation
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV on the grounds that it...
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