Mother of three released after giving testimony in Turkey
Yasemin Özkan, who gave birth to her third child last week by C-section and was served with a detention warrant immediately afterwards, was released...
Police officer purged by Turkish government commits suicide in İstanbul house
Durmuş Ali Çetin, a former police officer who was dismissed from his job by government decree 10 months ago, was found dead at his...
Turkish professor jailed over alleged Gülen links passes away in prison
Prof. Dr. Sabri Çolak (69), a retired Turkish academic who was jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement, died in prison on Friday...
70-year-old Turkish man jailed over Gülen links begs for justice in letter from prison
Seventy-year-old Alaattin Gökhan, who has been behind bars for 800 days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, desperately calls for justice to...
Torture, mistreatment not allowed in Turkish prisons, justice minister claims
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Saturday that the Turkish government does not allow torture and mistreatment in prisons, claiming it has one...
Turkish court decides for continuation of journalist Parıldak’s imprisonment
An Ankara court ruled on Tuesday for continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who has been behind bars nearly 14 months.
Parıldak, a...
Canada accelerates procedure for asylum seeking Turkish citizens
Canada has announced that from January 1, 2018 onwards, it will exempt the asylum applications of Turkish citizens from the court process. This means the procedure will...
Turkey’s top court fines gov’t for torture in 5 cases, demands investigation into perpetrators
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled in favor of applicants who claimed that they had faced torture and inhuman treatment in five different cases and ordered...
Kurdish man claims he was severely beaten by gendarmes in eastern Turkey
A Kurdish man in Turkey's eastern Van province has claimed he was severely beaten by Turkish gendarmes, the Duvar news website reported.
Yakup Avan, 25,...
Turkish police officer, suspended over alleged Gülen links, commits suicide
İbrahim Eski, a police officer who was suspended from his duty in the framework of an investigation carried out as part of Turkish government's...
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