Wife calls for release of imprisoned former teacher with thyroid cancer
Nesli Kanat, wife of 40-year-old inmate Hakan Kanat, who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in October 2021, has demanded the immediate release of her...
CPJ urges Turkey to safeguard journalist after death threats tied to court bribery story
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday called on Turkish authorities to protect a reporter and his family after they received death threats in response...
80K inmates who benefited from temporary release due to pandemic to return to prison
A temporary release to ease overcrowding in Turkish prisons during the coronavirus pandemic that was announced in April 2020, affecting some 90,000 prisoners, will...
Turkey targets mayors, İstanbul city officials in expanding crackdown on opposition
Turkish authorities have issued detention warrants for 47 city officials, district mayors and staff across İstanbul, whose mayor, the main political rival of President...
Opposition party politician re-arrested hours after release
After a Turkish court on Thursday ordered the release pending trial of Metin Gürcan, a prominent defense analyst and opposition party co-founder, the politician...
Ankara’s Hacettepe University launches investigation into student protestors
Turkey’s prominent Hacettepe University in Ankara has launched investigations into students who participated in protests that started in April, the BirGün daily reported.
The university administration...
Turkish gov’t continued to limit religious minorities’ rights in 2021: US report
The US Department of State has underlined in a recent report that Ankara continued to limit the rights of non-Muslim religious minorities, especially those not recognized...
İstanbul bar slams arrest of jailed mayor’s lawyer as attack on legal profession
The İstanbul Bar Association on Friday denounced the arrest of a lawyer representing jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the biggest political rival to President...
Turkey’s top judicial body disbars 2 more judges over Gülen links
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has disbarred two more judges due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish Minute reported.
The...
Turkish-Armenian MP submits parliamentary question regarding conversion of historic cathedral to a mosque
George Aslan, a Turkish-Armenian deputy from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), submitted a parliamentary question seeking clarification on the accuracy of...
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