Turkish parliament passes disputed bar associations law: report
Turkey’s parliament on Saturday passed a law changing the structure of bar associations, a move that lawyers argue will further undermine judicial independence in...
Turkey’s landmark PKK peace process law takes effect after publication in Official Gazette
A law allowing some members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and people prosecuted or convicted of PKK-related crimes to have their cases...
Turkey’s hunger threshold reaches minimum wage
A labor union study put Turkey’s hunger threshold for March at TL 16,793 ($523), slightly below the minimum wage of TL 17,002, the Evrensel...
Asylum seekers from Turkey pushed back by Greek coast guard detained by Turkish police
A group of 17 asylum seekers who fled Turkey due to a post-coup purge were pushed back to Turkish waters on Monday by the...
Turkey opens murder probe involving Süleymanlılar leader as 10 more jailed
Turkish prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the 2016 death of a religious group leader, naming his successor Alihan Kuriş among several...
Justice remains elusive for family of 11-year-old girl six years after her suspicious death
Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz, who died six years ago and whose death was allegedly covered up by a senior ruling party...
Decorated officer not released by court despite health report dies
Mustafa Barış Avıalan, a former staff colonel sentenced to life imprisonment on coup charges, died in prison after a court denied his release despite...
3 Turkish women journalists indicted 7 months after being jailed
Turkish prosecutors have completed the indictments of three journalists from the left-wing Etkin News Agency (ETHA) seven months after they were arrested in a...
Turkey again bans event to commemorate Armenian ‘genocide’ victims during WWI
The İstanbul Governor’s Office has again banned a commemoration ceremony scheduled for today in memory of the Armenians who were killed during a mass...
Turkish court convicts academic on terrorism-related charges based on one-dollar bills, personal notes and...
A Turkish court convicted Vedat Demir, a professor of communications and former columnist, on terrorism-related charges based on five one-dollar bills, personal notes, tweets...
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