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Yearly Archives: 2019

Jailed woman forced to go through labor for two days in handcuffs

A pregnant woman who was jailed due to her links to a radical, leftist organization in Turkey was forced to go through labor for two days...

Wives of jailed police chiefs who exposed corruption given lengthy prison sentences

A high criminal court in Ä°stanbul on Tuesday handed down six year, three month prison sentences to 12 individuals including the wives and siblings of former...

Election authority says elected mayors not to be given mandate if they are purge victims

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has announced that candidates who were elected as mayors during local polls held on March 31 will not be given the...

Court orders mental assessment of man claiming cover-up in daughter’s death

A court in Giresun on Wednesday ordered the hospitalization of Åžaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz, who died under suspicious circumstances a year ago, to...

Turkey, Qatar object to US designation of Iran’s military as terrorist group: report

Qatar and Turkey have voiced objections to Washington’s decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, the pro-government NTV reported, according to...

Voters deleted from database identifiable from surnames as AKP supporters, claims former Ä°stanbul mayor

Former İstanbul mayor Mevlüt Uysal from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on Wednesday that nearly 3,000 voters whose registration had been deleted from...

Court conducts crime scene investigation 5 years after Gezi victim’s death

A Turkish court on Wednesday conducted a crime scene investigation in the Okmeydanı district of İstanbul where the late Berkin Elvan was hit by a pepper...

PACE elects Yüksel as new Turkey judge on European rights court

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved law scholar Saadet Yüksel in a vote on Tuesday as the new judge from Turkey on...

Turkish president says more than 30,000 in jail over Gülen links

Turkey's president on Wednesday said more than 20,000 Gülen movement members have been convicted of various crimes, while over 10,000 others are in pretrial detention, the...

US senators introduce legislation sanctioning Turkish officials over detentions

Two US senators on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan bill requiring the imposition of sanctions on Turkish officials responsible for the detention of US citizens and local...

HRW: Turkey has arbitrarily jailed hundreds of lawyers since 2016 coup

Turkey has been arbitrarily jailing hundreds of lawyers and putting them on trial in the aftermath of the country’s failed military coup in July 2016, Human...

Turkey may purchase additional Russian S-400s if cannot buy Patriots: minister

Turkey may expand its planned purchase of a Russian air defense system if it cannot buy a US Patriot missile defense system, and it will also...

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