An anonymous judge reveals severe situation in Turkey’s judiciary in a letter
A letter by a Turkish judge who wrote to journalist Ahmet Dönmez for the TR724 news portal has revealed the severity of the situation...
Authorities’ negligence kills a pregnant woman and her baby in Turkish prison
A jailed Turkish pregnant woman, who was imprisoned in T-Type Prison in Ereğli district of Konya provision and her baby have lost their lives...
Mother and son phone conversation reveals Turkish guardians in murder of Kurdish prisoner
A telephone conversation regarding 40-year old Kurdish prisoner in Balıkesir’s Kepsut prison beaten to within an inch of his life has revealed recently that...
Turkish court sentences 25 journalists to long prison terms over alleged links to Gülen...
An İstanbul high criminal court on Thursday gave prison sentences ranging from 25 months to seven years, six months to 25 journalists on terror...
Turkish government’s long arm failed to abduct Gülen-affiliated teacher in Moldova
Turgay Şen, the general director of the Orizont High School in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau, has claimed asylum in the country in order to escape...
HDP deputy asks Turkish justice minister questions about teacher who died in jail
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Bektaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to the Parliament’s Speaker’s Office in which he asked several...
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...
Turkish court denies pro-Kurdish politician’s request for release despite 1-year-old daughter’s asthma
A Turkish court has denied pro-Kurdish politician Esma Yılmaz's request for release from pre-trial detention even though her 1-year-old daughter, kept in prison along...
Amnesty: Turkey must stop serious violations by allied groups and its own forces in...
Turkish forces are giving Syrian armed groups free rein to commit serious human rights abuses against civilians in the northern city of Afrin, Amnesty...
Turkish police prevent another Saturday Mothers meeting in İstanbul
Preventing a sit-in of the Saturday Mothers at İstanbul's Galatasaray Square, with the protest now in its 701st week, Turkish police blocked the entrance...
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