Turkey in ‘serious breach’ of ECHR, rule of law by not releasing Kavala: Council...
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has declared Turkey in “serious breach” of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and rule of...
I wish I would die, pregnant inmate mistreated in prison says in voice recording
Arzu Nur Özkan, an eight-months-pregnant former teacher, said the mistreatment she has endured in prison made her wish she could die, Bold Medya reported.
According...
Sick and bedridden wife of jailed 86-year-old Turkish philanthropist Afşar dies
Feride Afşar, the sick and bedridden wife of 86-year-old Turkish philanthropist Celal Afşar, who has been jailed since July 2018 over his alleged links...
President Erdoğan top complainant in Turkey insult cases where journalists dominate defendants: report
Turkish journalists accounted for nearly two-thirds of defendants in cases involving charges of insulting the president or public officials over a 17-month period, with...
552 kids mark Children’s Day in Turkish prisons with their mothers
Turkey is celebrating National Sovereignty and Children’s Day with a total of 552 children under the age of six accompanying their mothers in prisons,...
Turkey’s top court rules blanket ban violated rights of protestors
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found that a ban imposed by a governor’s office on all protests in a southeastern city violated the applicants’ constitutional...
Qatar emir gifts Turkey’s Erdoğan luxurious $400 million Boeing 747-8
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has presented a luxurious Boeing 747-8 as a gift (!) to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according...
Journalist indicted over post on alleged beating of Erdoğan’s son-in-law
Turkish journalist Fatma Sibel Gürcihan has been indicted under Turkey’s disinformation law over a social media post that revived an unverified claim that Berat...
Zaman employee says in Turkish court facing life sentence due to a TV commercial
Yakup Şimşek (53), the brand marketing manager of now-closed Zaman daily, one-time best-selling newspaper in Turkey, has said he is facing a life sentence...
Wife of police chief, suffering from COVID-19, detained in hospital, handcuffed to bed
Esmahan Demirhan, the wife of a former police chief who led corruption investigations in Turkey in 2013, was detained in the hospital where she...
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