Yet another mysterious abduction by a black van in Turkey’s capital
Hasan Kala, an academic who was fired from his job at Çankırı Karatekin University by a government decree under a state of emergency declared...
EU rapporteur slams detention of stand-up comedian in Turkey over joke
European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor on Friday condemned the brief detention of a stand-up comedian as “deeply alarming” after Turkish authorities launched an...
Judge on Turkey’s top appeals court swept murder case under the rug: columnist
Yüksel Kocaman, a controversial figure and member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, has been accused of throwing out a murder case during his...
Jailed media executive given 1,406 years in match-fixing ‘conspiracy’ trial
The former chief executive of Turkey’s now-defunct Samanyolu Media Group has been given a jail sentence of 1,406 years on various charges in a...
Turkish court again bans book on Kurdish history after 17 years
A Turkish court has ruled to ban a book titled "Kurdistan Tarihi" (The History of Kurdistan), whose first edition was confiscated by the State...
Turkish journalist briefly detained over social media posts on school shootings
A Turkish journalist was briefly detained on Friday on accusations of publicly disseminating misinformation in social media posts related to school shootings in the...
Erdoğan, chief justice slam ECtHR ruling on teacher convicted of Gülen links
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and chief justice Zühtü Arslan have condemned a recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that faulted Turkey...
Turkish intelligence agents tortured a helicopter pilot to build a fake legal case for...
Agents of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MIT), were involved in select torture sessions at an unofficial site run by the police in order to...
Turkey’s top court rules 4,25 square meters space sufficient for prisoners
Turkey's Constitutional Court has said in a recent ruling that 4,25 square meters of living space per inmate in prison, including common living areas,...
MPs from Council of Europe member states seek sanctions over Turkey’s failure to implement...
A group of 28 lawmakersof the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), drawn from national parliaments across Europe, has submitted a motion...
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