Turkey investigates journalist over alleged disclosure of confidential state report
Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into a journalist over the alleged disclosure of a confidential state report in a 2022 article, following a...
Turkey’s presidency to forward to parliament proceedings against opposition MP
The Turkish presidency is expected to forward to parliament a summary of proceedings against human rights defender and opposition deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu, who is...
Turkish environmental activist faces up to 6-years in prison over coal mine protest
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment seeking up to six years in prison for environmental activist Esra Işık over a protest against a land...
2 teenagers in Turkey face prison sentences for insulting Atatürk, denigrating religious values
Turkish prosecutors have demanded prison terms for a 17-year-old who was arrested last week over a video of him performing a lewd act with...
İstanbul Governor’s Office again bans Armenian genocide commemoration
The İstanbul Governor’s Office has for the fourth consecutive year denied permission to hold a ceremony marking April 24, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the...
Former teacher accompanied by 3-year-old daughter sent to prison to serve sentence on conviction...
Sevilay Albayrak, a former teacher previously sentenced to seven years, six months in prison for her links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has been...
Turkish court sentences human rights lawyer to over 6 years in prison
A Turkish court on Thursday convicted human rights lawyer Nurcan Kaya on charges of membership in an armed terrorist organization, sentencing her to six...
Turkey detains 15 for spreading ‘terrorist’ propaganda at 2022 Newroz celebration
The police in eight provinces have detained at least 15 people on accusations of disseminating terrorist propaganda at a Newroz celebration in 2022, the...
Opposition lawmaker asks Turkish Parliament to release unpublished report on 2016 coup attempt
A lawmaker from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party has asked Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş to explain why a parliamentary inquiry report on a coup...
Turkey arrests 78-year-old disabled Kurdish villager on terrorism charges
A court in Turkey has ruled for the arrest of Emin Soyal, a 78-year-old man with documented disabilities and health issues who was detained...
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