Appeals court upholds sentences given to İpek family members
A regional appeals court has upheld prison sentences given to members of the İpek family, whose İpek Holding was seized by the Turkish government...
78-year-old ailing Kurdish villager dies after brief imprisonment
Emin Soyal, a 78-year-old Kurdish man who was briefly imprisoned on terrorism-related charges in late 2023, has died while receiving treatment at a hospital,...
15 businesspeople sentenced to prison over Gülen links
Fifteen defendants have been sentenced to prison in a trial concerning the activities of the now-closed Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) due...
Turkish gov’t misuses ECtHR decision to justify routine strip-searches: UN rapporteur
The Turkish government misused a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decision to justify routine strip-searches in prisons, a UN rapporteur revealed during a...
18 women killed by men, 20 more died suspiciously in Turkey in June: report
Eighteen women were murdered by men in Turkey in June and 20 more died under suspicious circumstances, in the third month since Turkish President...
Prosecutors find no grounds to investigate statistics agency executives over data manipulation
Prosecutors in Ankara have found no legal grounds to initiate an investigation into executives from the country’s national statistical agency, the Turkish Statistical Institute...
Jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş granted 2021 Human Rights Award by German city
A city in Germany has announced that it will grant its 2021 Human Rights Award to Selahattin Demirtaş, an opposition Kurdish politician who has...
144 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in July: report
A total of 144 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in July, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor...
Opposition leader faces 2nd verbal attack after Erdoğan’s praise for first one
Turkey’s nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener came under verbal attack as she was addressing locals in Sivas province, the second attack...
Turkish prosecutors indict woman arrested due to remarks in street interview
Turkish prosecutors have indicted a woman who was arrested earlier this week over remarks critical of the government she made in a street interview, charging her...
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