Press groups rally in Ankara, call for release of jailed journalists
Journalists, union representatives and opposition politicians gathered in Ankara on Thursday to protest the arrest of journalists Alican Uludağ and İsmail Arı, calling for...
Heating system doesn’t work in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison despite freezing temperatures
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu in a Monday tweet criticized the worsening conditions in İstanbul's Silivri Prison, saying the heating system...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for at least 399 people over alleged links to...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for at least 399 people, including military officers on duty, on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup...
Turkey blocks 26 X accounts of civil society group over ‘national security’ concerns
Turkey on Wednesday blocked a total of 26 X accounts linked to the left-wing People’s Houses Association, citing “national security” and “public order” concerns,...
Jailed journalist Ünal: Indictment has lost validity as prosecutor suspended
Mustafa Ünal (51), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the now-closed Zaman daily, has said since the prosecutor who indicted...
3 retired brigadier generals among 4 facing detention over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for four people, three of whom are retired brigadier generals, over their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Uyghurs stage protest outside Chinese Embassy in Turkey: report
Dozens of Uyghurs assembled near the Chinese Embassy in Turkey on Tuesday, demanding information about family members they fear are being kept in detention...
Turkish women’s rights activists call on authorities to thoroughly investigate female suicide cases and...
Two Turkish women's rights activists said in an interview that during the COVID-19 pandemic there had been an increase in female suicides and accidental...
Turkey ranks 109th among 126 countries in rule of law index
According to the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2019, Turkey ranks 109th among 126 countries in adherence to the rule of law.
The...
Turkish justice system fails to release purge victim diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
Abdülazim Özdemir, a 49-year-old engineer who was purged from his job at the Ministry of Development in the aftermath of a failed coup in...
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