İmamoğlu joins list of jailed opponents of President Erdoğan

İstanbul’s now-deposed mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has become the latest Turkish politician or activist opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to fall afoul of the...

Turkish MP reveals plight of female cadets serving life sentences on coup charges 

Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a lawyer and independent member of the Turkish Parliament, has revealed the plight of three female former air force cadets who have been serving...

Turkish journalist faces 12 years in prison for announcing personal data leak

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 12 years for journalist İbrahim Haskoloğlu, who was briefly detained in April after announcing that hackers...

US urges Turkey to de-escalate in Syria to protect civilians, support defeat of ISIS

The United States on Monday urged a de-escalation in Syria, where Ankara has carried out airstrikes and is threatening to launch a ground offensive,...

Pregnant woman’s health rapidly declines in Turkish prison after Gülen-linked arrest

The health of a pregnant woman jailed over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has quickly worsened in custody, her husband said Monday,...

PACE to recommend sanctioning Turkish officials involved in political imprisonments

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is set to vote on a draft resolution urging member and observer states as well...

Detained DEVA founder interrogated about articles, phone calls with foreign journalists

Police questioned Metin Gürcan, a founding member of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), about columns he authored and phone calls with with...

Lawyer rearrested days after release from prison in Turkey

Metin Can Yılmaz, a Turkish human rights lawyer who was sentenced to over 12 years in prison on alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...

Turkish journalist Mehmet Karakeçili beaten, Hale Gönültaş threatened: CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday reported a physical assault on journalist Mehmet Karakeçili and a separate verbal threat against journalist Hale...

6 Turkish police officers indicted for torturing detainees

İstanbul prosecutors have indicted six police officers on charges of torturing three people in their custody in 2022, the T24 news website reported. The detainees...
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