Opposition MP faces removal of parliamentary immunity due to chemical weapons remarks
A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceedings for an opposition lawmaker that may cause him to lose his parliamentary immunity, accusing him...
Complaints of intolerable prison conditions surface from Edirne L-Type prison
Female inmates in Edirne L-Type prison have complained about unbearable prison conditions, the Tr724 news website reported.
Inmates recently told their families that sewage water had...
Boy struggling with leukemia needs jailed parents’ support, grandfather says
The grandfather of Hakan Dağdeviren, an 11-year-old boy diagnosed with leukemia in January whose parents are imprisoned as part of a crackdown in Turkey...
Turkey’s prison population increases by 14,000 in 50 days, reaching 416,927
Turkey’s prison population has risen by nearly 14,000 in just 50 days, reaching 416,927 as of June 2, a figure that now exceeds the...
Turkey arrests 61 active-duty military officers over Gülen links
A Turkish court in İstanbul on Monday ordered the arrest of 61 military officers accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, following their...
Cumhuriyet journalists return to jail to serve their time
Several journalists and media staff who received prison sentences in a trial involving the Cumhuriyet newspaper arrived at the Kocaeli Courthouse on Thursday to...
Turkish court convicts academic on terrorism-related charges based on one-dollar bills, personal notes and...
A Turkish court convicted Vedat Demir, a professor of communications and former columnist, on terrorism-related charges based on five one-dollar bills, personal notes, tweets...
Political prisoner in need of urgent treatment waiting in quarantine cell
Ali Öztürk, 48, who was imprisoned on trumped-up terrorism charges, has been waiting for a week to be taken to a hospital for an...
Turkey dismisses transgender doctor again despite court-ordered reinstatement
Turkey’s Health Ministry has dismissed a transgender doctor from a state hospital, citing alleged “indecent and disgraceful acts,” despite a prior court ruling ordering...
Leader of right-wing party warns Turkish citizens of ‘Syrian threat’ in anti-migrant social media...
Ümit Özdağ, leader of the newly established far-right Victory Party (ZP), warned Turkish citizens of a "Syrian threat" in a video shared on Twitter...
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