Drug traffickers use Turkey’s citizenship laws to evade trial in Europe: report
Europe’s most-wanted drug traffickers are increasingly evading capture by becoming Turkish citizens, VICE World News reported, citing European law enforcement officials.
European law enforcement officials, speaking...
Inmate suffering from cancer to return to prison after major surgery
Gülden Aşık, a woman jailed on conviction of links to the Gülen movement who recently underwent surgery for thyroid cancer, is about to return...
Syrian refugee shot dead in apparent hate crime
Syrian refugee Abdulkadir Davud (21) was shot dead on Sunday in what appears to be a hate crime in the Zeytinburnu district of İstanbul,...
Critically ill man sent back to prison after temporary release despite worsening health
İzzeddin Yenigün, suffering from intestinal and kidney disorders, was sent back to prison despite his deteriorating condition and his temporary release last year for...
X user arrested after posting photo of İstanbul chief prosecutor, wife on social media
An İstanbul court has ordered the arrest of a social media user who shared a photo of İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek and...
Turkish authorities blocked parole for 16 political prisoners: rights groups
Rights groups in Turkey accused prison authorities on Friday of unlawfully obstructing the release of political prisoners, claiming that 16 inmates at Istanbul’s Bakırköy...
Turkey ordered detention of 68 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 68 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
Turkish MP raises allegations of strip-search of 16-year-old arrested over social media post
A Turkish opposition lawmaker has told parliament that a 16-year-old girl arrested on charges of “disseminating“terrorist propaganda” in a social media video was subjected...
Kurdish journalist arrested over social media posts about colleagues killed in drone strike
Turkish authorities have arrested Öznur Değer, a reporter for JINNEWS, over social media posts about two Kurdish journalists killed in a drone strike in...
Pro-Kurdish party calls for ‘peace law,’ end to trustees after PKK’s laying down of...
Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party, has said concrete legal steps, including a “peace law,” the removal of government-appointed trustees and broader...
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