RTÜK fines pro-opposition broadcaster for revealing phone call with expert witness
Turkey’s media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed an administrative fine on Halk TV for airing a phone conversation between...
New abuse case involving Ukrainian orphan surfaces in Turkey
A Turkish prosecutor opened a new case over the alleged abuse of a Ukrainian orphan, indicating that abuse allegations involving Ukrainian orphans sheltered in...
Slain HDP staffer’s parents file complaint against police for negligence
The parents of a young woman who was killed in an attack on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) office in western Turkey in...
132 incidents of direct, physical transnational repression perpetrated by Turkey since 2014: Freedom House
A report by Freedom House on transnational repression reveals that Turkish authorities have committed 132 incidents, or 15 percent of the total, of direct,...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court orders compensation for failure to investigate alleged torture
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that authorities’ failure to properly investigate allegations of torture during a police raid constituted a procedural violation and...
Former military cadets, officers among 103 facing detention over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 103 people including 73 former military cadets and three former officers due to their alleged links to...
Ex-AKP official indicted over alleged coercion in İstanbul municipality case
Turkish prosecutors have indicted lawyer and former Justice and Development Party (AKP) official Mücahit Birinci on accusations that he attempted to coerce a jailed...
630 days into his disappearance Yusuf Bilge Tunç’s father says no one hears their...
The father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing 630 days ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence, said he...
ECtHR notified Turkey about combining cases of 30 soldiers, cadets arrested after failed coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) notified Turkey in November that it had combined applications concerning the arrest and pretrial detention of 30...
NGOs urge UN to take urgent action for ailing pro-Kurdish-party politician in prison
Several nongovernmental organizations have urged the United Nations to take “urgent” action for the release of jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who suffers from...
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