4 judges associations in Europe send letter to Turkish justice minister for release of...
Several leading European judges’ associations have sent a joint letter to Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç calling for the denial of the conditional...
Turkish Embassy in Indonesia spied on critics of Erdoğan
The Turkish diplomatic mission in Indonesia engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President...
İstanbul mayor faces fresh probe after allegedly targeting expert witness in CHP trials
Turkish prosecutors initiated a new investigation into Ekrem İmamoğlu, the popular opposition mayor of İstanbul, shortly after he allegedly targeted a court expert whom...
Turkish parliament passes bill increasing government monitoring of civil society groups
Turkey’s parliament approved a law Sunday that would increase government monitoring of civil society groups, which rights groups have warned would violate the freedom...
Civil society organizations call on European Union to end containment at external borders
On the fifth anniversary of the EU-Turkey migration deal, eight European civil society organizations (CSOs) have called in a joint letter for an end...
Turkish social media personality gets 11-month suspended sentence over headscarf video
A Turkish court has handed down an 11-month suspended sentence to social media personality and singer Murat Övüç for insulting religious values in a...
RSF slams ‘political’ justice in Turkey over Khashoggi murder
A day before a Turkish probe resumes into the killing of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Reporters Without Borders on Monday slammed political influence on...
58 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Fifty-eight people, including teachers, businessman, active duty and dismissed military officers and former cadets, have over the past week been detained on warrants issued...
Turkish journalist faces 12 years in prison for announcing personal data leak
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 12 years for journalist İbrahim Haskoloğlu, who was briefly detained in April after announcing that hackers...
Turkey’s top court rules university president violated student protester’s rights
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that a university president violated a student's right to protest by using a domestic violence protection law to obtain...
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