Turkey convicts 2 Kurdish journalists of insult, libel
Courts in eastern Turkey have convicted and handed down sentences to Kurdish journalists Hacı Boğatekin and Özgür Boğatekin, their lawyer announced on social media.
Hacı...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated right to a fair trial in 3 cases involving post-coup...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Turkey violated the right to a fair trial in three separate cases concerning mass dismissals...
25 members of anti-government Furkan Foundation face investigation for revealing police mistreatment
A Turkish prosecutor in the southern Turkish province of Adana has launched an investigation into 25 members of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious...
Turkish authorities drop 1991 massacre of Kurdish civilians due to statute of limitations
Turkish prosecutors have dropped the case of seven Kurdish civilians who were killed by soldiers in southeast Turkey in 1991 due to the expiration...
Turkish women stage sit-in for reinstatement of Istanbul Convention
Dozens of women gathered in central Taksim Square in İstanbul on Monday to stage a protest against Turkey’s withdrawal from an international convention to...
Turkish court arrests student for receiving money from relatives abroad
Esengül Arslan, a 23-year-old nursing student in Istanbul, was arrested on Friday for receiving funds sent by her relatives abroad, which Turkish authorities have...
Turkey arrests another opposition mayor as probes into CHP-run municipalities continue
A Turkish court has arrested Bora Balcıoğlu, the mayor of İstanbul’s Silivri district, and nine others as part of a corruption investigation into the...
Turkey dismissed more than 34,000 teachers over Gülen links after 2016 coup attempt
Turkey dismissed 34,795 teachers over alleged links to the Gülen movement during a state of emergency declared after a 2016 coup attempt, according to...
Turkish prisons at 18 percent overcapacity: report
Turkish prisons are holding 51,320 more prisoners than their overall capacity, the BirGün daily reported, citing the latest data from the Directorate General of Prisons...
Turkey blocks 93 social media accounts for alleged ‘provocative’ posts after CHP court ruling
Turkish authorities have blocked access to 93 social media accounts accused of making “provocative” posts and attempting to create “social chaos” following a controversial...
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