Turkey dismisses transgender doctor again despite court-ordered reinstatement
Turkey’s Health Ministry has dismissed a transgender doctor from a state hospital, citing alleged “indecent and disgraceful acts,” despite a prior court ruling ordering...
Inmates report 45 held in wards built for 7 at Turkish prison, medical care...
Inmates at a prison in northwestern Turkey are being held in wards built for seven people but which are now housing up to 45,...
Turkey orders detention of 9 despite European court ruling that messaging app use alone...
Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of nine people for using an encrypted messaging app despite rulings by the European Court of Human Rights...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court says asset freezes in coup cases do not violate property rights
Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that freezing the assets of defendants accused of involvement in a 2016 coup attempt does not violate property rights,...
Lawyers tell ECtHR Turkey has kept Kavala jailed on same discredited evidence despite Strasbourg...
Lawyers for imprisoned Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala told the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Wednesday that Turkey has...
Turkish bar associations, press groups condemn arrest of journalists as ‘alarming’
Bar associations and press freedom groups in Turkey have condemned the arrest of journalists Alican Uludağ and İsmail Arı, warning that their jailing poses...
İstanbul court jails 9 for spreading PKK propaganda in probe of Kurdish Nevruz celebrations
A court in İstanbul jailed nine people pending trial on Wednesday on charges of disseminating propaganda for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during...
Turkey detains 25 people, including civil servants, over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 25 people, including current and former civil servants, as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Disabled Turkish prisoner allegedly beaten, denied medical care
Two Turkish rights groups have alleged that a disabled prisoner was beaten and denied adequate medical care during and after a visit to a...
3 Turkish officials suspended, 1 detained, over alleged access to justice minister’s land records
Three public officials in Turkey have been suspended and one of them detained over allegations that they improperly accessed land registry records belonging to...
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