Turkey’s social media users may face 5 years in jail for spreading ‘disinformation’
Social media users in Turkey who spread “disinformation” online could be sentenced to between one and five years in prison under a new law...
Turkish gov’t arrests 50,136, detains 154,694 people over alleged links with Gülen movement since...
Basing on the information taken from Turkey's Justice Ministry, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has reported that 154,694 people have been investigated (detained)...
Secret Turkish police document shows monitoring of Gülen-linked activities in the Netherlands: report
A confidential Turkish police document cited in a new legal report shows that Turkish authorities monitored activities linked to the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Abducted and tortured, educator İnandı gives details of his ordeal at first hearing of...
Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan by Turkish intelligence, said at his first court hearing on Tuesday that he was...
Rights organizations condemn racist attack against Kurdish family in Konya
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) on Saturday condemned what they described as a horrifying racist attack against...
Over 3,000 Turkish nationals apply for asylum in Greece in last 2 years
A total of 3,189 Turkish nationals have arrived in Greece and applied for asylum in the last two years, according to the Demirören news...
Jailed opposition mayor of Turkey’s fourth-largest city faces 402 years in prison
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a sentence of up to 402 years for the jailed mayor of Bursa, Turkey’s fourth-largest city, in an indictment accusing...
İHD and TİHV: 2,278 people tortured, 11 people abducted in Turkey in 2017
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) on Saturday said 2,278 people were tortured and 11 abducted in...
Mother and son demanding fair trial continue protest at courthouse in southeastern Turkey
Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar are continuing their protest in front of the Şanlıurfa Courthouse in southeastern Turkey to seek justice for...
Pro-Kurdish HPD delegation’s access to forest fire area in Tunceli prevented by Turkish gov’t
Turkish soldiers barred access to a forest fire area to a delegation of deputies from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) that had arrived...
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