Former pro-Kurdish HDP lawmaker gets suspended sentence on insult charges
Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy, has been handed down a five-month suspended sentence for "insulting the state, the government...
Turkish court blocks access to video chat app Azar
A Turkish court has ordered a ban on access to the popular video chat application Azar, which has a large user base in the...
Former general serving life sentence on coup charges dies in prison
Kemal Mutlum, a former brigadier general who was serving an aggravated life sentence on conviction of coup charges following an abortive putsch in Turkey...
Turkey blocks access to pro-Kurdish newspaper’s X account
Turkish authorities on Friday blocked access to the X account of the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam daily, the newspaper reported.
This was the third ban on...
54.3 percent of people in Turkey believe they are discriminated against due to their...
A total of 54.3 percent of people in Turkey believe they are discriminated against because of their political views, Euronews reported on Sunday, citing...
YouTubers face up to four-and-a-half years over joke about the Prophet Muhammad
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment demanding prison sentences of up to four-and-a-half years for a YouTube program host and his guest, who were...
Prison sentence, political ban for İstanbul mayor sparks int’l condemnation
A prison sentence and a political ban imposed on İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in a politically charged trial has sparked international condemnation, Turkish Minute...
UN rapporteurs raise alarm over suppression of women’s rights defenders in Turkey
United Nations special rapporteurs have expressed concern regarding allegations of the suppression of women’s rights defenders in Turkey, accusing the authorities of misusing the...
Turkey’s top bar association holds ‘Justice Vigil’ for slain pro-Kurdish party staffer
Erinç Sağkan, head of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB), and other bar association presidents held a “Justice Vigil” in front of a...
Turkey jails elderly man with dementia as deaths mount among Gülen-linked inmates
Turkish authorities on Wednesday imprisoned a 76-year-old man suffering from paralysis and dementia over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, amid a growing...
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