Turkish court refuses to release top doctor and human rights activist Fincancı
A Turkish court on Thursday refused to release a prominent doctor and human rights activist who faces prison for demanding a probe into the...
Jailed civil society leader Kavala says MPs ‘no longer allowed’ to visit him in...
Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for eight years on charges widely viewed as politically motivated, said that lawmakers...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 34 people over alleged ByLock use
Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 34 people on Tuesday, including teachers, nurses and active and dismissed police officers, for allegedly using the ByLock...
Former officer dismissed from Turkish army by decree dies of cancer after late release...
Former noncommissioned officer Timur Özgen, who was dismissed from the Turkish military by a government decree and later imprisoned following a 2016 coup attempt,...
Swedish Embassy in Ankara expects more protests following burning of Quran in Stockholm
Following the burning of a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday, several protests took place across Turkey over...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation in arrest of pro-opposition TV editor
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the 2023 arrest of journalist Merdan Yanardağ, editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition Tele1 TV station, violated his rights, the...
OIC member states convene at Turkey’s invitation to denounce Quran burning, Islamophobia
Upon the invitation of Turkey, members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened in Jeddah on January 31 to condemn the recent burning...
X user arrested after posting photo of İstanbul chief prosecutor, wife on social media
An İstanbul court has ordered the arrest of a social media user who shared a photo of İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek and...
Stockholm police refuse to issue permit for another Quran burning outside Turkish embassy
Stockholm police have refused to issue a permit for an event in which the Quran was to be burned outside the Turkish embassy in...
Turkey imprisons mother in Gülen case with 1-year-old by her side despite law on...
Turkish authorities have jailed a woman accompanied by her 1-year-old infant as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement despite the fact that...
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