Woman jailed over Gülen links allowed to see son hospitalized with cancer for half...
Currently incarcerated Gülten Sayın, the mother of 6-year-old Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who is suffering from bone cancer, was allowed to visit her son in...
22 detained over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained eight active duty military officers and 14 former military cadets due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
New ‘anti-terrorism’ amendment to Swedish constitution enters into force
A constitutional amendment to combat terrorism in Sweden entered into force on January 1, according to a press release by the Swedish Justice Ministry.
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Ankara bar publishes 5 censored reports on torture, ill-treatment of alleged Gülenists
The Ankara Bar Association has published five reports by its human rights committee on allegations of torture made by detainees held at a police...
Top court refuses to annul Turkey’s Istanbul Convention withdrawal
The highest body of Turkey’s top administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled that a decision by its 10th Chamber to reject a...
392 women fell victim to femicide in Turkey in 2022
At least 392 women were murdered by men and 226 women died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in 2022, although the government claims that...
Purged nurse succumbs to cancer
Mother of two and former nurse Zeynep Baltacı, 34, who was fired by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of state...
11 members of the pro-Kurdish HDP sentenced on terrorism charges
Eleven members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have been sentenced to a total of 83 years, 10 months and 14 days on...
Turkey adds exiled journalist Dündar to ‘Terrorist Wanted List’
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has been added to the Turkish Interior Ministry’s “Terrorist Wanted List,” Turkish Minute reported on Friday.
Dündar...
Turkish appeals court upholds sentences of Kavala, 7 others in Gezi trial
A Turkish appellate court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of eight defendants for involvement in an attempt to overthrow the government of then-prime minister...
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