Court allows investigation into police a decade after Ankara bombing
A Turkish regional court has overturned a decision blocking an investigation into police officials over the bombing of an Ankara train station in 2015,...
Turkish opposition lawmaker faces prison sentence over post on Erdoğan’s past assets
Turkish prosecutors have sought to lift the parliamentary immunity of an opposition MP over a social media post about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s past...
European rights court says Turkey violated inmates family life rights
Turkey violated a prisoner’s right to family life by refusing to move him to a prison closer to his family without properly assessing the...
NASA scientist jailed in Turkey over a dollar bill recounts 3 years in prison
Turkish-American NASA scientist Serkan Gölge on Saturday recounted the nearly three years he spent in prison in Turkey following a coup attempt in 2016...
Turkish court sentences ex-AKP lawmaker for insulting Erdoğan, orders release under travel ban
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced Hüseyin Kocabıyık, a former lawmaker from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), to more than two years...
ECtHR questions Turkey over lawyer’s intimate body search while visiting her client in prison
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked the Turkish government to clarify the legal grounds for an intimate body search conducted on...
ECtHR faults Turkey for convictions of 2,420 applicants over Gülen links in follow-up to...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of 2,420 people convicted of terrorism due to their alleged...
Opposition lawmaker alleges ‘award-worthy theft’ by AKP gov’t over oil trade with Iraqi Kurdistan
A lawmaker from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of what he called theft, alleging...
Turkey accused of targeting Uyghur refugees as ties with China improve: HRW
Turkish authorities have arbitrarily labeled Uyghur refugees as security threats, detained them and deported some to third countries where they face the risk of...
Veteran correspondent dismissed from state-run TRT for third time despite court rulings
Elif Akkuş, a veteran journalist at Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT, was dismissed for a third time on Wednesday despite court rulings ordering her reinstatement,...
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