Former CHP leader visits İmamoğlu in prison amid growing political crackdown
Former main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu visited İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in Marmara Prison on Thursday, holding a nearly four-hour...
Prisoner on hunger strike in maximum security Turkish prison calls facility a ‘grave for...
Serkan Onur Yılmaz, who is imprisoned for alleged links to the banned Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C) and has been on a hunger strike for over...
Council of Europe urges Turkey to complete retrial in Yalçınkaya case in line with...
The Council of Europe (CoE) has pressed Turkey to complete the retrial of former teacher Yüksel Yalçınkaya in accordance with the European Convention of...
Presiding judge dismisses expert opinion on absence of crime in ‘terrorism’ trial of teenage...
The presiding judge in Turkey’s ongoing terrorism trial of 41 defendants — including teenage girls charged for participating in prayer, tutoring and Quran study...
Inmate in Ankara’s Sincan Prison is discovered dead under running shower
An inmate at Ankara’s Sincan Prison died of a heart attack on Thursday, with his body discovered lifeless under a running hot shower, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu,...
Turkish police detain 4 journalists in early morning operation
Turkish authorities detained four journalists Friday morning in police raids on their homes in Istanbul, the T24 news website reported.
Semra Pelek, a former member of...
CoE monitoring body warns hate speech, crimes worsening in Turkey
A human rights monitoring body of the Council of Europe (CoE) detailed the deteriorating situation regarding hate speech and hate-motivated violence in Turkey in...
Turkey charges independent newspaper editors over report on controversial prosecutor
Turkish prosecutors have filed criminal charges against three senior editors of the independent BirGün newspaper, alleging they insulted and endangered a top judicial figure...
At least 770 child workers have died in occupational accidents in Turkey since 2013
At least 770 children have died in work-related accidents in Turkey over the past 12 years, according to new data released on Wednesday, coinciding...
Turkey’s prison population increases by 14,000 in 50 days, reaching 416,927
Turkey’s prison population has risen by nearly 14,000 in just 50 days, reaching 416,927 as of June 2, a figure that now exceeds the...
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