Jailed Zaman editor Ünal says before Turkish court: We are journalists, not terrorists
Former Zaman daily Ankara Representative Mustafa Ünal, who is standing trial after 419 days in pretrial detention, said on Monday that he and other...
Trial of Turkey’s leading newspaper’s layout designer resumes after 419 days in jail
A prominent newspaper layout designer who has been jailed since August 5, 2016 on trumped-up charges is set to appear for a fifth hearing...
At least 110 thousand dismissed public servants applied for Turkey’s controversial OHAL Commission
At least 110,000 former public servants, who had been suspended with the statutory decrees that the government issued under the rule of emergency which...
Turkey’s largest trial of journalists opens on Monday
The first trial hearing is set to start on Monday against 30 leading journalists and newspaper executives in the case where the prosecutor demands...
Legal expert says Turkish gov’t and intelligence blackmail people over ByLock app
Lawyer Murat Akkoç, an experienced lawyer publishing analysis on the ByLock trials and sample defense petitions, has said that Turkish government, intelligence and security...
Funeral attacker takes photo with Turkish interior minister at police station
Murat Alp, a participant in a racist attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk, mother of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk,...
Nazarbayev says Kazakh-Turk schools belong to Kazakhstan, no extradition of teachers
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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Thursday that Kazakh-Turk high schools that are allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement belong to Kazakhstan and...
Dutch IT firm debunks Turkish intel report on ByLock that put 75K Turks behind...
Dutch cyber security firm Fox-IT, known for providing cyber security solutions to governments, said on Wednesday that it had debunked a report by Turkey’s...
UK legal opinion: Turkey breaches human rights by detaining people for using ByLock
A legal opinion published in London has found that tens of thousands of Turkish citizens detained or dismissed from their jobs on the basis...
New research decodes how Turkey brands law abiding & peaceful people as terrorists
The authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s open contempt for the rule of law has plunged Turkey into an abject lawlessness whereby innocent...
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