Journalists, human rights activist given suspended sentences on terror charges in Özgür Gündem trial
A Turkish court on Monday handed down suspended sentences to three journalists and prominent human rights activist Eren Keskin who were tried on charges...
Free Journalists Initiative says files opened against 37 journalists across Turkey in May
The Free Journalists Initiative (Özgür Gazeteciler İnisiyatifi, ÖGİ) has reported that files were opened against 37 journalists across Turkey in May.
The ÖGİ stated in...
Turkey’s top court rules house arrest without questioning suspect violated rights
Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) ruled that a lower court unlawfully restricted a suspect’s freedom by ordering house arrest without questioning the suspect and by...
Phone app used by minister slammed for unlawful personal data acquisition
An application on Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu’s smartphone that can determine a person’s identity in just a few seconds after his photo is...
Asylum seeker in Panama faces extradition to Turkey despite risk of torture
Muaz Türkyılmaz, a Turkish businessman who was arrested at the airport as he was leaving Panama in September, is facing extradition to Turkey, where...
Turkish court releases 14 Boğaziçi students arrested for criticizing Syria operation
The İstanbul 32nd High Criminal Court on Wednesday released 14 Boğaziçi University students from pretrial detention in the first hearing of their trial on...
Man sentenced to 7.5 years in prison over alleged financial aid to Gülen-linked prisoners’...
A Turkish court has sentenced a man to seven-and-a-half years in prison on accusations that he helped transfer money to families of people jailed...
15 detained over alleged Gülen links in İstanbul-based investigation
Fifteen people were detained on Wednesday in an İstanbul-based operation for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the government...
Amnesty launches campaign calling on Turkish authorities to release Boğaziçi protestors
Amnesty International issued an urgent call for action on Friday for the release of protestors including nine people who are in pre-trial detention and...
Turkish gov’t detains 492 people over links to Gülen movement last week
The Turkish government detained a total of 492 people last week (June 4-June 11) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
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