Police detain journalist who revealed hack of Turkey’s e-government website
Journalist İbrahim Haskoloğlu, who claimed that a group had hacked Turkey’s e-government website and other government-related sites, has been detained, according to Turkish media...
Journalist Yücel says subjected to torture in Turkish prison
German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel says he was tortured during his near year-long detention in Turkey, in court testimony seen by Deutsche Welle, holding Turkish...
Actor among 11 detained in Turkey for promoting opposition-led boycott
Turkish authorities on Thursday detained at least 11 people including an actor suspected of spreading calls for a blanket boycott of purchases to protest...
Top prosecutor demands reversal of Turkey’s Istanbul Convention withdrawal
Aytaç Kurt, the chief public prosecutor of Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has demanded the cancellation of a presidential decree that...
Human rights group reports 248 alleged Turkish torturers to German federal authorities
Human Rights Defenders (HRD) filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the German Federal Public Prosecutor (GBA) against 248 individuals including government agents...
European rights watchdog says it’s worried about Turkey after mayor’s arrest: report
The head of the Council of Europe, the continent’s leading human rights watchdog, told Reuters it was worried about any violation of rights in Turkey after...
RTÜK fines 4 TV stations over opposition politicians’ remarks on Gezi trial verdict
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on the pro-opposition Tele1, Halk TV, KRT and Flash Haber...
Kosovo investigates 22 police officers over expulsion of Turkish nationals
Kosovo’s special prosecutors are investigating the role of 22 police officers in last year’s arrest and extradition of six Turkish nationals, a move activists...
Turkey deems 72-year-old Alzheimer’s patient fit for prison
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) has ruled that 72-year-old İbrahim Güngör, who suffers from advanced Alzheimer’s, is fit to remain in prison, despite...
Turkish authorities detain 11 female students in southeastern Turkey for links to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities on Friday morning detained 11 female university students in southeastern Turkey for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news...
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