UPDATE: Controversial Turkish social media law goes into effect
A law on Internet crimes – the so-called social media law – approved by the Turkish parliament on Wednesday, went into effect after it...
Jailed Turkish journalist begins hunger strike to protest prosecutor’s unlawful practices
Turkish journalist Ufuk Şanlı has started a hunger strike to protest what he describes as “unlawful practices“ by the prosecutor, the TR724 news website...
Relatives, lawyers among those detained during protest by Saturday Mothers
Turkish police on Wednesday broke up a protest held by the Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and family members seeking the whereabouts of...
Journalist detained twice over ‘pun tweet’
Journalist Hakan Aygün was briefly detained by Turkish police and released after giving a deposition as part of a prosecution prompted by a tweet...
İstanbul Bar marks judicial year with ‘Dark Year’ protest as top courts open new...
Turkey’s largest bar association unfurled a banner reading “Dark Year” at its İstanbul headquarters on Monday, using the first day of the judicial calendar...
Turkey frees Kurdish politician with dementia from jail
Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk was released from jail in northwest Turkey late Thursday after a medical report that her dementia did not allow her...
Greece to extend fence on land border with Turkey to deter migrants: report
Greece will proceed with plans to extend a cement and barbed-wire fence that it set up in 2012 along its northern border with Turkey...
Turkey barred jailed daughter from attending funeral of father who died in prison
Turkish authorities refused to allow the jailed daughter of ailing prisoner İbrahim Güngör, who died behind bars on September 7, to attend his funeral...
5 Afghans found stabbed to death in Turkish capital
Five Afghan nationals have been found stabbed to death in a house in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
Jailed journalist not allowed to see daughter for 6 months
Imprisoned journalist Gazel Bulut, who has not been allowed to see her four-year-old daughter for the past six months due to COVID-19 measures, has...
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