Turkish court rules to keep woman who insulted Atatürk in prison
A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of a woman who was arrested for allegedly insulting Atatürk, the founder...
Turkey issued detention warrants for 87 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 87 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
Right to fair trial most frequently violated right in Turkey: top court
The right to a fair trial is the most frequently violated right in Turkey according to statistics announced by the Constitutional Court on its website...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 84 people over their alleged use of ByLock
Turkish prosecutors issued detention warrants on Tuesday for 84 people over their suspected use of the ByLock mobile phone messaging app as part of...
NGO report on Turkey’s prisons highlights widespread mistreatment, rights violations
Turkish prisons are beset by persistent issues of torture, overcrowding and discriminatory practices, according to the annual report of the Human Rights Foundation of...
Ailing 83-year-old inmate wants to see his village before dying in prison: daughter
Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old inmate who suffers from severe health problems, wants to see his village before he dies in prison, his daughter...
Iran sanctions-busting Turkish-Iranian gold trader Zarrab spotted this time at New York hotel
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who turned witness in the New York trial of a Turkish banker charged with evading US sanctions on Iran,...
Former Ankara mayor targets minorities in controversial tweet
Melih Gökçek, the former mayor of Ankara and a prominent politician, has targeted Turkey’s ethnic and religious minorities, claiming that millions of Greeks, Armenians...
Former HDP mayor of Diyarbakır acquitted of terrorist propaganda charges
Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, the former mayor of southeastern Diyarbakır province from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was acquitted of charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda,...
HRF launches campaign during Turkish President’s UN visit to protest post-coup purge
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a New York-based rights association, on Monday launched a campaign protesting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the...
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