Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences to 31 military members over coup bid
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down aggravated life sentences to 31 military members in a trial concerning the Beytepe Gendermarie Schools Command in...
Turkish court gives author suspended sentence for alleged terrorist propaganda
Author, director, and journalist Ruhi Karadağ has been handed down a 15-month suspended sentence on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in one of his...
Female inmate who claimed prison guards beat and sexually harassed her found dead in...
Garibe Gezer, an inmate who alleged that she was beaten and sexually harassed by prison guards in Kocaeli’s Kandıra Prison, was found dead in...
Greece says many migrants in Turkey could seek asylum there
Greece on Monday designated neighboring Turkey as a safe country in which to seek international protection for the majority of asylum-seekers departing its shores...
Defendant in trial of ex-Grey Wolves leader’s murder gunned down in İstanbul, 13 detained
A lawyer who was a defendant in the trial over the 2022 killing of former Grey Wolves leader Sinan Ateş was shot dead in...
Turkish gov’t detains 998 people in a week, issues detention warrants for 118 on...
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 998 people have been detained in one week over the alleged links to the Gülen movement...
Police officer accused of torturing former air force commander gets promoted
Elif Uzun Sümercan, a previous deputy chief of the Ankara Police Department’s counterterrorism unit who was accused of torturing former commander of the Turkish...
Turkish gov’t detains 556 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in first week...
The Turkish government has detained 556 people in the course of 52 police operations in 33 provinces across Turkey as part of its massive...
20 former public servants detained over alleged Gülen links in İstanbul
Turkish police teams on Friday detained 20 former public servants in raids in İstanbul due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish...
520 children under the age of 6 in prison with their mothers in Turkey:...
A total of 520 children under the age of six are accompanying their mothers in Turkish prisons, according to a report released on Tuesday...
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