Erdoğan pushes new talks on reopening Halki Orthodox seminary: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered officials to resume talks on reopening the Halki Theological School, a historic Orthodox Christian seminary near İstanbul...
Former top court member sent to prison over Gülen links
A former member of Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has been sent to prison to serve a sentence due to his...
Int’l judicial platform calls on Turkey to restore rule of law, abide by ECtHR...
An international platform established by four judges associations in Europe to promote the rule of law in Turkey has called on the country to...
Torture, Inhuman Treatment and Conditions in Turkish Prisons: 2023 in Review
Turkey has experienced a marked resurgence of torture and ill-treatment in custody over the past seven years and especially since a coup attempt on...
Turkey arrests Kurdish journalist on terrorism charges
A court in southeastern Turkey has ruled for the arrest of journalist Selamet Turan, who was detained last week, the Mezopotamya news agency reported...
Turkish prosecutors contradict each other on Saturday Mothers vigils
Two Turkish prosecutors have made contradicting decisions concerning separate but identical protest vigils held by the Saturday Mothers activist group, with one prosecutor deciding...
Jailed veteran journalist İbrahim Karayeğen: Zaman daily has no ties with terrorism
Jailed veteran journalist İbrahim Karayeğen (52), a night-shift editor at Zaman newspaper, one-time Turkey’s largest circulated newspaper before the government unlawful takeover and closure...
Authorities evict trans women in İstanbul
The governor of İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district has ordered the eviction of a group of trans women from their apartments on the grounds that they...
Jailed Turkish journalist Parıldak says she wants to destroy perception of her as a...
Turkish journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, a former Zaman daily reporter who was given seven years, six months in prison on charges of membership in a...
Justice remains elusive for Turkey’s peace academics 8 years on
Turkey’s Academics for Peace, a group of scholars who were fired for signing a peace petition in 2016, are still struggling to return to...
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