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Judicial crisis unabated: pro-gov’t daily targets top judges as appeals court doubles down on defiance

A judicial crisis in Turkey involving two high courts due to conflicting rulings on a jailed lawmaker continued as the pro-government Yeni Şafak daily...

Man bites dog, reporter gets mauled: Turkish muckraker languishes in jail since 2015

Bünyamin Tekin When people you entrust with your own safety abuse that power, that's news. When you do that in a place where power is...

Turkey allows decades-old Saturday Mothers’ vigil after 5-year ban: report

Members of a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances in Turkey held a vigil on Saturday in central İstanbul without police intervention...

Kurdish language teacher suffers threats and insults on social media

Mizgin Yalçın, a teacher of the Kurdish language based in Diyarbakır, received numerous insulting and threatening messages on social media after she shared a...

Lawyers in Turkey face harassment, mistreatment over their work, int’l delegation says

An international delegation comprising 27 bar associations, human rights organizations and legal groups from eight countries reported severe mistreatment of lawyers in Turkey, pointing...

Erdoğan is a putschist for supporting defiance of Constitutional Court: main opposition leader

Özgür Özel, the newly elected leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of leading a coup...

Hundreds of lawyers march in Ankara to protest appeals judges’ defiance of Constitutional Court

Hundreds of lawyers from across Turkey marched to the country’s Supreme Court of Appeals in response to the refusal of the court’s Third Criminal...

Turkey’s confiscation of $50 billion from Gülen members constitutes crimes against humanity: report

Bünyamin Tekin A comprehensive report exposes the vast scale of property confiscations in Turkey targeting the Gülen movement, a faith-based group outlawed by Ankara, with...

Appeals judges’ defiance of top court sparks backlash, protests as crisis unfolds

Bünyamin Tekin The Turkish judiciary is facing an unprecedented crisis following the Supreme Court of Appeals' refusal to comply with the Constitutional Court's (AYM) ruling...

War of high courts: Appeals judges defy ruling to release MP, file criminal complaints against top judges

A chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has said the continued incarceration of an opposition lawmaker is legally appropriate, deciding not to comply...

European Commission notes ‘serious deficiencies’ in functioning of Turkey’s institutions

The European Commission in its yearly report on Turkey released on Wednesday said there are “serious deficiencies” in the functioning of Turkey's democratic institutions,...

Controversial urban transformation law draws criticism for potential property rights infringements

The recent passage of a law by the Turkish parliament that allows the government to expropriate homes by administrative decision because they are threatened...

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