Arrest of 78-year-old mother of Turkish tycoon reveals extent of family punishment in Turkey
The recent remand to prison of Melek İpek, the 78-year-old mother of self-exiled Turkish businessman Akın İpek, led to additional attention to the Turkish...
German Left Party MP briefly detained in Turkey due to social media posts
Gökay Akbulut, a member of the German parliament from the Left Party, was detained upon her arrival at an airport in southern Turkey due...
Turkey’s CHP documented Erdoğan’s relatives sent millions of dollars to foreign company
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has documented on Tuesday that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's family members and...
53 current and former Turkish diplomats detained, sparking fears of a repeat of May...
Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's office on Monday ordered the detention of five active-duty and 48 former diplomats over alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Top Turkish court faults prosecutors for delayed, inadequate probe into Gezi protester’s police injury
Turkey’s top court ruled that Ankara prosecutors violated a protester’s rights by failing to conduct a prompt and adequate investigation into the injuries he...
Turkey’s designation of Gülen movement as terrorist group lacks legal basis, UN rapporteurs say
UN special rapporteurs have said Turkey’s designation of the faith-based Gülen movement as a terrorist organization fails to meet due process standards and does...
Turkish gov’t seizes pension of jailed media executive Hidayet Karaca
The pension of jailed media executive Hidayet Karaca was confiscated by the Turkish government, his son Sıdkı Karaca said in a tweet yesterday.
“All of...
‘Are we going to die?’: Trauma haunts Turkish kids after earthquake
Serkan Tatoğlu is haunted by the question his six-year-old keeps asking since their house collapsed in last week’s earthquake in Turkey.
“Are we going to...
Far-right party leader renews call for closure of Turkey’s top court
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, renewed his call for the closure of Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM)...
CoE may launch infringement proceedings against Turkey over its failure to free Kavala
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Council of Ministers on Thursday threatened for the first time to launch disciplinary proceedings against Turkey over its failure...
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