ECtHR seeks Turkey’s defense in case of ousted lawmaker
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has requested a defense from Turkey in the case of Can Atalay, a jailed politician who had...
Number of inmates in Turkish prisons almost quadruples over a decade
Figures released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) have revealed how prisons have recorded a quadrupling in annual inmate arrivals over the last 11...
Journalist sentenced to prison for press statement in 2015
Sezgin Kartal, a reporter for ABC Gazetesi and a former member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) party council, was sentenced Thursday to...
Turkey’s chief justice says not implementing top court’s rulings out of the question
At a meeting attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan said the rulings of the Constitutional Court concerning the...
183 detained amid ongoing crackdown on Gülen movement
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of a total of 183 suspects in the last 10 days, part of a relentless witch-hunt against the...
Critically ill man dies after being sent to prison despite end-stage cancer
Ahmet Zeki Özkan, a 67-year-old architect who was arrested despite his end-stage cancer, died on Monday, the TR724 news website reported.
Özkan was arrested in...
UN rapporteurs raise concerns over Turkey’s use of terrorism laws against rights defenders
United Nations special rapporteurs have raised serious concerns about Turkey’s use of counterterrorism laws to judicially harass and criminalize human rights defenders and lawyers,...
Journalists among dozens detained, attacked during Nevruz celebrations across Turkey
Celebrations of Nevruz, a spring festival culturally significant for Turkey’s Kurdish minority, across the country have been marred by detentions and attacks targeting dozens,...
ECtHR rules Bulgaria violated rights of Turkish journalist who was deported despite seeking asylum
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Bulgaria violated the rights of a Turkish journalist who had fled Ankara’s crackdown...
Calling Erdogan a Jew is insulting and damaging to his prestige and honor, his...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s lawyer said that referring to the president as a Jew is insulting and damaging to his prestige and honor,...
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