Turkish court files complaint against lawyer of academic who died in prison, due to...
Judges of the İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court have filed a complaint with a prosecutor against Mustafa Bal, the lawyer representing academic Tuğrul Özşengül,...
UN rights chief criticizes Turkish gov’t for withdrawing from Istanbul Convention, detaining politicians and...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in a press statement released today by her spokesperson Liz Throssell criticized the Turkish government...
Officers terrify 2 Kurdish boys with police dogs during raid on their Diyarbakır home
Police officers used their dogs to terrify two Kurdish boys during a raid on their home in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Mesopotamia...
Turkish border forces detain 2 teachers over Gülen links while trying to flee to...
Turkish border security forces on Thursday detained two teachers, identified as Mustafa K. and Tarık T., in the border zone of Edirne province over...
Turkish police detain 2 people for singing in Kurdish at a wedding
Turkish police raided a wedding celebration in the Narlıdere district of İzmir province and detained two local musicians who were singing in Kurdish, according...
56 face detention over alleged Gülen links in separate investigations
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 56 people due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news website reported.
As...
Vice News reporters acquitted in Turkey after 9-year terrorism trial
A Turkish court has acquitted two Vice News journalists of terrorism-related charges after a nine-year trial stemming from their reporting in Turkey’s restive southeast...
Lawyers: Associating the assassin of Russian envoy with Fethullah Gülen a big slander
The lawyers of US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen have stated on Tuesday that the claim of their client knows police officer Mevlüt Mert...
Court allows convicted rapist to exercise ‘right to be forgotten,’ bans news about his...
A Turkish court last week granted the request of Recep Çakır, a national wrestler who was sentenced to 23 years, six months’ imprisonment in...
Former beauty queen detained for allegedly insulting the Turkish president
Turkish authorities detained former beauty queen Banu Öztürk on Tuesday on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Cumhuriyet daily...
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