Dozens detained across Turkey in operations targeting pro-Kurdish DEM Party
Turkish police have detained dozens of people in several provinces across the country, including İstanbul, as part of operations that mainly targeted members of...
Swedish journalists call on Erdoğan to release jailed author Ahmet Altan
Sixteen journalists in Sweden including the heads of prominent journalism organizations have called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to take action for the...
Social media campaign highlights Turkey’s arbitrary denial of parole to political prisoners
Human rights activists on Wednesday campaigned on social media to draw attention to the problem of arbitrary denial of parole, a practice that specifically...
Expelled lawmaker ordered to surrender to judicial authorities in 10 days
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a politician and renowned human rights activist who was expelled from the Turkish Parliament last week, has received a notification from...
Pro-Kurdish party defies ban on protests over removal of its mayor from office
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is holding protests in the southeastern city of Hakkari against the removal of the city’s...
Turkey frees journalist Altan after European rights court ruling
A Turkish court on Wednesday released journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan after more than four years in prison on charges of involvement in a...
Prosecutor who investigated murder of former Grey Wolves leader demoted
The High Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has demoted Durdu Özer, the prosecutor who led the investigation into the assassination of former Grey...
Court orders opposition politician to pay $7,000 in damages to Erdoğan for insult
A politician from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay damages in the amount of...
Former teacher jailed over Gülen links with premature baby
Ayşe Ercengiz, a former primary school teacher dismissed by a government decree in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt, was arrested on Monday...
Videos show pro-gov’t journalists as mediators between Turkish interior minister, mob boss
Footage of two video calls recently released by notorious Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker has revealed that pro-government journalists and brothers Hadi Özışık and...
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