Post-coup purge in Turkey leaves children parentless after mother and father are put behind...
Turkey’s post-coup purge is continuing to hit children, leaving them parentless in myriad cases, shattering their families, disrupting their education and upending their emotional...
Turkish journalist jailed after reporting on extortion scheme involving local officials using Erdoğan’s name
A Turkish journalist was arrested after publishing articles alleging that officials in the central province of Nevşehir invoked the names of President Recep Tayyip...
Turkey arrests 9 journalists working for pro-Kurdish media
Nine out of 11 journalists working for pro-Kurdish news outlets who were detained in police operations last week were arrested on Saturday, Turkish Minute...
Turkey orders detention of 47 military personnel over suspected Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Saturday ordered the detention of 47 military personnel including 34 active duty officers as part of a large-scale crackdown on the...
Opposition mayor re-arrested shortly after court-ordered release
Beykoz Mayor Alaattin Köseler from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) was ordered back into custody on September 6, just over a day...
Former pro-Kurdish HDP lawmaker gets suspended sentence on insult charges
Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy, has been handed down a five-month suspended sentence for "insulting the state, the government...
European rights court president sparks criticism for considering acceptance of honorary degree from Istanbul...
President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Róbert Ragnar Spanó, who is expected to visit Turkey this week, prompted criticism after it...
Lawyers groups condemn ECtHR inaction on cases of Turkish colleagues
A coalition of lawyers associations from Europe and beyond accused the European Court of Human Rights of inaction on cases brought by Turkish defense...
Death of Turkish asylum seeker who was pushed back from Greece still to be...
The cause of death of Turkish asylum seeker Barış Büyüksu, 30, who crossed the Aegean Sea and was later found unconscious in a boat...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 60 lawyers following Erdoğan’s call to suspend attorneys accused...
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 60 lawyers on terror charges, following a call by Turkish President Recep...
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