Turkish prosecutor restricts access to judicial file of arrested documentary filmmaker
Access to the judicial file of documentary filmmaker and journalist Sibel Tekin, who was arrested on December 18 in Ankara on charges of terrorism,...
Purge victim jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack
Ender Gökmen, a former teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack on Tuesday in the eastern...
Officer accused of mistreating detainee by Turkey’s top court is appointed chief of police
Kenan Şaban Süzgün, a police officer found by Turkey's Constitutional Court to have mistreated Aydın Aydoğan during his detention in 2017, has been appointed...
Turkey among countries enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza: UN report
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Top court finds rights violation in denying a prisoner permission to attend relative’s funeral
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that denying a prisoner permission to attend his mother's funeral violates “the right to respect for private and...
168 activists face trial one year after protesting violence against women in İstanbul
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment seeking prison sentences for 168 people who attempted to stage a demonstration in Istanbul last year to...
Uyghur living in Turkey for 10 years faces deportation to China: report
Abdullah Abdülhamit, a Uyghur refugee who was detained and sent to a removal center in İstanbul, faces deportation to China, according to the Tamga...
Rights groups urge Turkish parliamentary commission to push reforms protecting Kurds
Three international rights groups are urging a cross-party parliamentary commission in Turkey to recommend sweeping legal and institutional reforms aimed at protecting Kurds and...
Turkish gov’t restricts Twitter following deadly earthquake in Turkey, Syria
The Turkish government restricted Twitter on multiple internet providers following a deadly earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, global internet monitor NetBlocks...
Turkey blocks access to İmamoğlu’s campaign account on X over ‘national security’ concerns
Turkey has blocked access to an X account opened to promote the presidential campaign of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed mayor of İstanbul and the...
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