Jailed Turkish journalist faces new criminal case over reposted news report
A new criminal case has been opened against jailed Turkish journalist İsmail Arı on accusations of insulting a public official after he retweeted a...
9 CHP members arrested in probe linked to annulled party congress
Nine members of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been arrested in an investigation into alleged irregularities at the party’s 2023 congress,...
Friends call for release of jailed Turkish businessman-activist Osman Kavala
Friends of prominent activist and businessman Osman Kavala have called for his release from jail in a joint statement, seven months after he was...
Majority of Turks disapprove of far-right politician’s call to jailed PKK leader: survey
A majority of Turkish people disapprove of a call made by a far-right politician to Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan...
Turkey’s ruling AKP votes down probe on Paradise Papers at Parliament
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) voted down a parliamentary motion to investigate revelations in recent leaks of offshore financial dealings by high level...
Delegation from bar associations confirms torture by Turkish soldiers in Şemdinli
A delegation from the Diyarbakır, Van and Hakkari bar associations has confirmed as a result of interviews that villagers from Korgan village in the...
Turkish journalist faces over 19 years on alleged insult of Erdoğan, disinformation charges
A Turkish prosecutor has sought a prison sentence of more than 19 years for journalist Alican Uludağ over social media posts that allegedly insulted...
64 bar associations condemn Turkish journalist’s conviction as blow to free expression
Sixty-four bar associations across Turkey have condemned the conviction of journalist Fatih Altaylı, calling his prison sentence “a severe blow to free expression” and...
Turkish court orders rearrest of celebrity manager a day after release
Less than 48 hours after her release, an İstanbul court ordered the rearrest of Ayşe Barım, a well-known manager of Turkish television stars, Turkish...
Family says man killed in Ankara ISIL raid was unarmed, shot at close range
Turkish police shot and killed Muhammed Kavi during a raid targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) before a NATO summit...
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