Turkey accuses UN of intervening in proceedings over killing of human rights lawyer Elçi
In its official response to a joint UN letter about the investigation into the killing of lawyer and human rights defender Tahir Elçi, the Turkish government...
45 people detained on Cyprus while trying to escape persecution of Erdoğan regime in...
Forty-five people, including 17 children and nine women, were detained by security forces on Saturday on a boat off the Turkish Republic of Northern...
Turkish court again convicts journalist of terrorist propaganda in posts despite top court ruling
A Turkish court on Wednesday again handed down a suspended sentence of 15 months to journalist Neşe İdil on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda...
Student suicide sparks demonstrations over cost of living in Eskisehir province
University students in Turkey’s Eskisehir province on Monday demonstrated against the increased cost of living following the suicide of a fellow student, local media...
Rapporteur asks top court to accept indictment seeking closure of HDP
A rapporteur from Turkey’s Constitutional Court has completed their examination of an indictment seeking the closure of a pro-Kurdish party in Turkey’s parliament and...
Turkish judiciary releases 3 men involved in murder of alleged child kidnapper
Turkish judicial authorities have released three men involved in the killing of a man who had allegedly attempted to abduct two children in İstanbul’s...
Turkish court sentences human rights lawyer to over 6 years in prison
A Turkish court on Thursday convicted human rights lawyer Nurcan Kaya on charges of membership in an armed terrorist organization, sentencing her to six...
Turkey arrests former Zaman daily executive on coup charges
An İstanbul court has ruled for the arrest of journalist Mehmet Kamış, the deputy editor-in-chief of a now-closed newspaper in Turkey, on charges of...
Twitter users call on Turkish authorities to postpone cancer patient’s prison sentence
Turkish Twitter users conducted a hashtag campaign on Friday calling on authorities to postpone the execution of the prison sentence of Ayşe Özdoğan, 34,...
IFEX launches campaign encouraging people to share Erdoğan cartoon
IFEX, a global human rights network of organisations defending the right to freedom of expression and information, has launched a campaign encouraging people to share...
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