European rights court denies application for Turkish lawyer on hunger strike
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on September 1 rejected a request for an interim measure for Aytaç Ünsal, a Turkish lawyer who...
İstanbul district mayor, 25 others arrested in expanding crackdown targeting CHP
Hasan Mutlu, mayor of the Bayrampaşa district of İstanbul from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was arrested late Monday along with 25 others in...
12 people face up to 3 years in prison over Boğaziçi protests
Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to three years in prison for 12 people who took part in protests against the government-appointed rector of İstanbul’s...
US senator urges European rights court president to consider applications from Turkey
In a letter to President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Robert Spano on Monday, US Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts asked...
Seriously ill Turkish lawyer ordered to travel despite doctors’ warnings
A Turkish lawyer in intensive care was ordered to travel to Istanbul for a forensic medical review, despite doctors warning that he is too...
Opposition leader asks Turkish officer who threatened Uyghurs with deportation, ‘Are you the Chinese...
“Are you the Chinese police oppressing our Uyghur brothers?” Ali Babacan, leader of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), said in a social...
39 lawyers charged with terrorism for reporting torture in Turkish prisons
Thirty-nine lawyers detained on September 11 have been charged with terrorism for reporting the torture their clients were subjected to in prison, according to...
Pro-Kurdish party urges Turkish gov’t to free former leaders Demirtaş, Yüksekdağ after CoE ruling
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has called on the government to immediately release prominent Kurdish politicians Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen...
Turkey to end state of emergency commission mandate in early 2023
The Turkish government will at the beginning of 2023 terminate the operations of a commission it set up to examine complaints from individuals who...
Wife of man abducted by Turkish intelligence arrested
Zehra Türkmen, the wife of Gökhan Türkmen, who was allegedly abducted by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was arrested on October 1 to serve...
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