Turkish Alzheimer’s patient jailed over Gülen links returned to prison despite deteriorating health
İbrahim Güngör, a 73-year-old man suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease who was hospitalized on July 25 after contracting an infection, has been returned to...
Conditions for inmates at Turkish prison ‘much better than home,’ gov’t broadcaster claims
Elif Akkuş, a correspondent for Turkish public broadcaster TRT, spent a day with mothers and children at Sincan Prison in Ankara and said that...
Turkish prosecutor seeks prison sentences for CHP officials over alleged election fraud
The İstanbul chief public prosecutor has issued an indictment seeking prison sentences for 10 officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) over...
Turkey orders detention of 127 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 127 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to Turkish...
Mothers urge Turkish gov’t to tackle root causes of youth crime as juvenile sentences...
Mothers raising teenagers in Istanbul’s poorer neighborhoods have urged the Turkish government to tackle the structural causes of youth crime as a new judicial...
Turkish armored vehicle kills a mother and her child in Aleppo: report
A woman and her child were crushed to death by a Turkish armored vehicle in a village in Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human...
Women’s groups in Turkey demand probe into rise in suspicious deaths
Women’s rights groups in Turkey are calling for a thorough investigation into a surge in suspicious deaths of women, after four women were found...
Sweden blocks extradition of journalist sought by Erdoğan
Sweden’s Supreme Court on Monday blocked the extradition of a Turkish journalist in exile, a key demand by Ankara to ratify Stockholm’s NATO membership,...
Enes Kanter Freedom’s new memoir recounts fight against Erdoğan, Chinese abuses
Former Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter Freedom has published a memoir that details his persecution by Turkey’s government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his...
Former Turkish health minister jailed for insulting Erdoğan’s son Bilal
Right Party (DP) leader and former health minister Rıfat Serdaroğlu was sent to prison on Thursday to serve two months, 17 days for allegedly...
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