Turkish court orders rearrest of journalist a day after release
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the rearrest of local journalist Mehmet Yetim in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa a day after his release...
Man imprisoned on Gülen links to spend 10 more months behind bars for making...
İsmet Özçelik, incarcerated on conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was sentenced to 10 months extra imprisonment for making prayer beads out...
Families of Turkey’s post-coup purge victims call for justice a decade on
Relatives of people imprisoned or dismissed from public service after a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 have called on authorities to end what...
Minister warns of severe water crisis in Turkey by 2030
Turkish Agriculture Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said the nation is on the brink of a severe water crisis, with projections indicating that by 2030 Turkey’s...
Secret Turkish police document shows monitoring of Gülen-linked activities in the Netherlands: report
A confidential Turkish police document cited in a new legal report shows that Turkish authorities monitored activities linked to the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Director of film about Turkey’s purge victims receives award for defying gov’t censorship
Nejla Demirci, the director of a documentary that sheds light on the challenges faced by victims of Turkey’s post-coup purge, has been honored with...
Jailed opposition mayor of Turkey’s fourth-largest city faces 402 years in prison
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a sentence of up to 402 years for the jailed mayor of Bursa, Turkey’s fourth-largest city, in an indictment accusing...
Journalist assaulted in eastern Turkey faces trial for insulting attacker
Sinan Aygül, a local journalist based in the eastern province of Bitlis who in June was physically attacked after covering municipal corruption allegations, is...
Turkey’s post-coup purge created a decade of ‘civil death,’ rights group says
A survey of 1,629 people dismissed from Turkey’s civil service after a July 2016 coup attempt found that nearly two-thirds had been unable to...
İstanbul court judges face criminal complaint for non-compliance with top court decision
A criminal complaint has been filed against judges of the İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court for their refusal to comply with a decision of...
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