3 Turkish gendarmes detained over alleged killing of 2 Syrian refugees at border
Three Turkish gendarmes have been detained for the death of two Syrian refugees who were allegedly killed last week at the Turkey-Syria border, the...
Turkish court accepts indictment seeking life sentences for relatives of major coup suspect
A Turkish court in Sakarya province accepted an indictment on Friday against the sister-in-law and the father-in-law of Turkey’s alleged major coup suspect Adil...
Turkish gov’t jails 47-year-old Kurdish bus driver in Ağrı for wearing ‘Kurdistan’ T-shirt
Turkish government has arrested Mahmut Kahraman, a 47-year-old Kurdish bus driver, for wearing a T-shirt with the inscription 'Kurdistan'. Kahraman was accused by a...
CHP deputy says Turkish prisons at 13 percent overcapacity
Turkish prisons are hosting some 27,000 prisoners more than its overall capacity, according to Turkey's main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Akkuş...
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...
Maximum pretrial detention in Turkey increased from 5 to 7 years
As thousands of people imprisoned under the country’s sweeping anti-terror laws have been languishing in jail for years awaiting trial, a new decree issued...
HR activist: Turkish gov’t human rights watchdog blind to abuses
The Turkish government’s human rights watchdog is blind to abuses happening practically in front of its eyes, human rights lawyer and outspoken government critic...
Turkey stops publishing data on prison figures amid mass crackdown
Following 207 percent increase in the number of detainees without a conviction, Turkish government has stopped publishing data on the number of detainees and...
Turkey’s CHP: Some 50 post-coup victims committed suicide, 14 disappeared in 2017
Nearly 50 people committed suicide after being subjected to post-coup rights violations while 14 others were forced or attempted to disappear between January 1...
Police officer convicted of breaking protestor’s arm walks free after receiving suspended sentence
Police officer E.T., who broke the arm of protestor Zeynal Danacı in Ankara in 2017, was convicted of excessive use of force and sentenced...
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