Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds jail for opposition figure
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a prison sentence for the head of the İstanbul branch of the country’s main opposition party,...
UN report details extensive human rights violations in Turkey during protracted state of emergency
Routine extensions of the state of emergency in Turkey have led to profound human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people – from...
Student jailed over İmamoğlu protests taken to hospital after fainting in cell during quake
A university student arrested during demonstrations sparked by the arrest and suspension from office of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was taken to a hospital...
Turkish authorities deny 80-year-old imprisoned woman’s appeal to be put under house arrest
Turkish authorities have denied the appeal of an 80-year-old Kurdish woman, arrested for links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to be put...
Kosovo PM sacks security chief, interior minister over abduction of 6 Turkish citizens
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Friday dismissed the interior minister and the secret service chief after the arrest and extradition to Turkey of...
Swedish journalist given suspended sentence in Turkey named among 10 most urgent press freedom...
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who was recently given a suspended sentence of 11 months by a Turkish court for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip...
21 journalists detained in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır province
Turkish authorities on Wednesday detained 21 journalists in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakır province, Turkish media reported.
The detained journalists worked for pro-Kurdish news outlets JinNews and...
400,000 people displaced from Turkey’s Southeast in 2015-2016 military operations: report
A new report has revealed some 400,000 people were displaced from predominantly Kurdish cities during Turkish military operations in 2015 and 2016 against a...
Fireworks factory owner seeks impunity often afforded for workplace accidents in Turkey
The owner of a fireworks factory where seven workers died in a 2020 explosion argued in court on Monday that he should not face...
Pregnant woman and child detained for wearing T-shirts with Kurdish leader’s picture
A pregnant woman and her child were detained Wednesday evening in eastern Van province for wearing T-shirts displaying a picture of imprisoned Kurdish leader...
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