Turkey’s CHP files criminal complaints against minister, governor over May Day ban
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed criminal complaints against the country’s interior minister, İstanbul governor and other public officials due to...
Top court overturns sentence of journalist convicted under ‘disinformation’ law
In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a journalist who was the first in Turkey to be...
Exiled Turkish journalist harassed by Turkish embassy, security officials at Johannesburg event
A Turkish journalist who is currently living in exile in South Africa was subjected to harassment and physical intervention by the Turkish embassy and...
Police interrogated minors in custody without lawyer present, falsified statements: MP
Opposition deputy and leading human rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has claimed that the police questioned minors who were detained on Tuesday in the...
Most Turks are dissatisfied with the level of democracy in their country: survey
Turkey is ranked 47th among 53 nations where people’s dissatisfaction with the level of democracy in their countries is the highest, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
Kavala demands retrial amid controversy over his ongoing imprisonment
Businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been in prison since November 2017 on politically motivated charges, has demanded a retrial amid a recent...
14 teenagers detained over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 14 minors, all reportedly aged 15, during raids in Istanbul for alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
1 in 3 police officers in Turkey considers suicide, study finds
Three out of every 10 police officers in Turkey have considered suicide, according to a recent study conducted by the Police Union.
The study, involving...
Documentary filmmaker facing terrorism charges released on probation
A Turkish court has released from custody a documentary filmmaker who is facing terrorism charges due to a 2015 documentary on Kurdish militants after...
2 journalists detained in house raids in Turkey
Eight people including two journalists have been detained in house raids in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey, the Turkish Minute...
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