73 inmates died in Turkish prisons in 2022, opposition lawmaker says
Seventy-three inmates have died in Turkish prisons in 2022, according to a report by Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights defender Ömer...
Turkish court rejects prosecutor’s request to release LeMan staff in cartoon case
An Istanbul court on Wednesday rejected a prosecutor’s request to release five staff members of the LeMan satirical weekly who are on trial over...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 51 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 51 people including teachers, doctors, academics, active duty and dismissed military officers, former cadets and civilians...
Turkish police officer fired over alleged Gülen links critically injured in workplace accident
A former police officer dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to faith-based Gülen movement has been in intensive care for two months...
Sister of imprisoned academic Nuriye Gülmen arrested
Beyza Gülmen, who was detained during a December 15 statement to the press at İstanbul's Çağlayan Courthouse demanding the release of 14 members of...
Turkey moves to criminalize behavior ‘contrary to biological sex,’ alarming LGBT community
Turkey’s government is drafting a judicial reform bill that would impose prison sentences on people who publicly promote or depict gender identities or expressions...
President Erdoğan says Turkish media freer today than in previous decades
Turkish media is freer today than in the ’70s, ’80s or ’90s, Turkish president and head of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
CPJ urges Turkey to protect 3 journalists facing death threats
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on Turkish authorities to ensure the security of three reporters who have received death threats...
Jailed former police chief not allowed to attend father’s funeral
Imprisoned former police chief Yakup Saygılı, who led corruption operations in 2013 that implicated then-prime minister and current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his family...
Senior diplomats among dozens of Turkish MFA staff targeted over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained or issued arrest warrants for 64 current and former employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including several senior diplomats,...
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