Jailed Turkish journalist Altan awarded Germany’s Geschwister-Scholl Prize
Jailed Turkish journalist and author Ahmet Altan, 69, has been announced as the recipient of Germany’s prestigious Geschwister-Scholl Prize, German news outlets reported on...
Jailed İstanbul mayor testifies to prosecutors in new probe over his courtroom remarks
İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, testified to prosecutors on Wednesday as part of a fresh investigation concerning remarks he made during a recent court...
Turkish authorities detain pregnant woman for links to Gülen movement
A pregnant woman was detained on Thursday for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Five-months-pregnant Emine Coşkun was detained...
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...
Rights groups urge Turkey to include political prisoners in sentence reform
Twelve international human rights organizations have jointly called on Turkey’s Ministry of Justice to ensure that political prisoners are included in a forthcoming sentence...
Health of critically ill man detained in hospital waiting room has deteriorated in prison,...
The health of a critically ill man who was detained in a hospital while waiting for his doctor and later arrested has deteriorated considerably...
Stop discriminating in this time of distress… Release political prisoners, too
Amid fear of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic to the country’s overcrowded prisons, the Turkish government has presented a bill to the Turkish...
UN-protected refugee deported to Turkey by Rwanda with his children
A Turkish refugee under United Nations protection was deported from Rwanda to Turkey on Saturday with his three children, following apparent pressure from the...
332,884 detained and 101,000 incarcerated due to Gülen links, says Turkish interior minister
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Tuesday a total of 332,884 people have been detained, of whom 101,000 were arrested and jailed, due...
‘Not just coronavirus but injustice also kills,’ jailed journalist says
Büşra Erdal, a jailed journalist struggling with a judicial system that has deteriorated since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, said in a...
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