Turkish court again defies Constitutional Court ruling in Gezi Park case
A Turkish court has for the second time refused to enforce a binding Constitutional Court ruling ordering a retrial for jailed urban planner Tayfun...
Erdoğan’s press advisor assigned as Turkey’s new ambassador to Vatican
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s press advisor, Lütfullah Göktaş, was appointed as Turkey’s new ambassador to the Vatican on Thursday as the Turkish Foreign...
Brunson’s lawyer to appeal to ECtHR if house arrest, travel ban not lifted: report
İsmail Cem Halavurt, the lawyer for jailed pastor Andrew Brunson, who was transferred from pretrial detention to house arrest last month, said they will...
DEM Party says CHP court ruling seeks to redesign Turkish politics
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Co-chair Tülay Hatimoğulları on Tuesday criticized a recent court ruling that ousted main opposition Republican...
Turkish government’s human rights action plan fails to protect children’s rights: report
The Turkish government's Human Rights Action Plan (İHEP) has failed to safeguard children’s rights, falling short of international standards, the Human Rights Association (İHD)...
Turkish court gives 9-year jail sentence to man for taking medicine to Gülen-linked hospitals...
A 60-year-old Turkish man, Abdurrahman Selçuk, has been convicted of terror charges and handed down a nine-year jail sentence by a Turkish court on...
Europa Nostra condemns, NGOs protest relocation of Turkey’s historical Hasankeyf
As the Board of Europa Nostra deeply deplores the decision of the Turkish government to build a dam that would lead to flooding of...
Pro-government Turkish journalist refutes own book in attempt to back up Erdoğan
Nasuhi Güngör, a pro-government Turkish journalist who served as an executive at state-run TRT for three years, has refuted an assertion in a book...
Turkey detains 60 over alleged Gülen links including former and active duty members of...
Turkish police have detained 60 of 77 people named in detention warrants in İstanbul, İzmir and Ankara, including active duty and former military officers...
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