2 human rights activists set to appear in court for allegedly violating the law...
Two human rights activists will appear in court in eastern Van province on Thursday for allegedly violating the law on demonstrations, the Bianet news...
COMMENTARY — Turkey attempted to thwart CoE media alert platform
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Feeling both shamed and troubled by the number of alerts posted on the Council of Europe (CoE) Platform for the Safety of...
Executives of Turkey’s top business association detained over their criticism of government
The chairman of Turkey’s leading business association and the head of its advisory council were detained on Wednesday on accusations of “spreading misleading information”...
Turkish court rules to release 1 journalist, keep 5 pro-Kurdish journalists in pretrial detention
A Turkish court ruled on Wednesday to release journalist Pınar Tarlak but continued the pretrial detention of five other staff members during a hearing...
Turkish gov’t detains 16 colonels over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained 16 colonels on active duty at the Turkish Air Forces Command and the Turkish Naval Forces Command as...
Asylum-seeking Turkish teacher and her 3 children stranded at Paris airport
A Turkish teacher and her three children have been stranded at an airport in Paris for 10 days waiting to be deported after French...
Germany charges 4 with illegally selling spyware to Turkey
German prosecutors have charged four former company executives with illegally selling software to Turkey’s secret services to spy on the country’s opposition, Agence France-Presse...
Mass detentions as part of crackdown on Kurdish political movement drew concern from UN
UN special rapporteurs in a joint letter sent to the Turkish government in May expressed serious concern about the mass arrest and detention of opposition members...
Turkish gov’t takes sweeping measures against academia
The Turkish government is continuing to take sweeping and targeted measures against the country’s higher education sector with at least 990 scholars, staff, and...
Municipality demolishes headquarters of TV station shut down over Gülen links
Municipal teams in İstanbul on Tuesday demolished the former headquarters of Samanyolu TV, one of the country’s major networks before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...
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