Inmate with epilepsy who has undergone 3 brain surgeries suffers severe seizure in prison

Former teacher Abdullah Aslan, whose repeated requests for release have been rejected, had a major epileptic seizure in a Turkish prison ward on Monday,...

Pro-Kurdish party members among 47 detained during protest against Turkish offensive in N. Syria,...

Turkish police on Monday broke up a protest that included members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Democratic Regions Party (DBP)...

Turkey summons Swedish envoy over Erdoğan images used during protests: report

Swedish Ambassador to Turkey Staffan Herrström was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday over images of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that were...

UN committee finds rights violations in case of teacher arrested over Gülen links, calls...

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has called on Turkey to release a teacher who was arrested in 2018 over alleged links to a...

Ailing inmate not released despite eligibility for judicial supervision

Kamil Acar, a 58-year-old prisoner suffering from severe health problems, is not being released despite the fact that he has been eligible for release...

Kurdish journalist dies in Turkish airstrikes in Syria

Kurdish-Syrian journalist Îsam Hesen Ebdullah died in airstrikes conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the bases of Kurdish militants in Syria, Turkish media...

75 face detention for financially assisting families of jailed Gülen followers

Turkish police on Monday carried out operations to detain 75 people on allegations of terrorism since they provided financial assistance to the families of...

24 face detention in Ankara over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 24 former and current civil servants due to their alleged links to a faith-based group accused by...

Turkey’s public broadcaster targets journalist in exile in Stockholm

Turkey’s state-run TRT Haber news station has targeted a Turkish journalist in exile by broadcasting footage of his home in Stockholm, Turkish Minute reported. TRT’s...

Pro-Erdoğan journalist tracked Turkish political dissidents while using fake name and address in Denmark

Abdurrahman Şimşek, news coordinator for the Sabah newspaper, which is aligned with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been "mapping" political dissidents from...
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