Berlin won’t allow expat vote in Germany on reinstating death penalty in Turkey
Germany said on Friday it would not allow Turks in its territory to vote in any Turkish referendum on the reintroduction of the death...
841 prisoners in critical health conditions kept in jails across Turkey
841 prisoners are kept in Turkish jails despite of their critical health conditions, according to recent figures shared by Turkey’s Justice Ministry.
Justice Ministry revealed...
15-year-old girl released pending trial after 12-day detention
A 15-year-old Kurdish girl who was taken into police custody along with other family members was released 12 days later, Turkish media reported on...
Gülen-inspired JWF reiterates its call for int’l community to establish a committee to investigate...
The Journalist and Writers Foundation (JWF), affiliated with the Gülen movement, that has been widely and systematically persecuted by Turkish government, has called inter-governmental organisations...
Jailed Turkish journalist Aydın: I am about to drown, I want a little oxygen
Turkish journalist Hüseyin Aydın, who has been held in İstanbul's notorious Silivri Prison for more than two years, has expressed his feelings in a...
Four young people subjected to Turkish police violence due to hair style
Turkish police took four young people into custody by the reason of allegedly insulting Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey’s Çankırı province...
Gülen sympathizer says suffered sexual assault, beatings, asphyxiation in prison
M.E., a 34-year-old Turkish man who used to work at a student dormitory affiliated with the Gülen movement, has told the New York Times...
Turkish court sentences journalist Kuru with 6 years of imprisonment over working for Zaman...
Turkish journalist Mehmet Kuru was sentenced by a Turkish court to 6 years and 3 months prison term only for the fact that he...
Lawyers denied access to abducted men now in police custody: Ankara Bar Association
The Ankara Bar Association on Thursday released a statement reporting that four Gülen followers who turned up in police custody after being missing since...
Turkish Constitutional Court refuses to release hunger striker Gülmen and Özakça
The Turkish Constitutional Court has rejected a petition for the release of two fired educators, Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who have been on...
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