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2 more women sent back to jail immediately after delivery

Two women jailed in Turkey over links to the faith-based Gülen movement were this week returned to prison immediately after delivery. Beyza Demir, who gave...

Jail administration investigating former deputy for going on hunger strike

The administration of Silivri Prison on Friday launched an investigation into jailed former deputy Eren Erdem, who has gone on a hunger strike in...

Turkey orders detention of 394 people over illegal online sports betting

Turkish police have launched an operation to detain 394 people over links to an illegal online sports betting organization, Reuters reported on Friday, citing...

Kavala complains about lack of indictment after 15 months in pretrial detention

Turkish human rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala underlined in a letter sent from prison that he has spent 15 months in pretrial detention...

Turkey’s opposition has good chance of winning capital in local elections: pollster

Murat Pösteki, director general of the ORC polling company, has suggested that the opposition candidate for mayor of the capital city of Ankara has...

Turkish actress arrested for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’ during performance

Actress Nazlı Masatçı was sent to jail on Wednesday after being charged with disseminating terrorist propaganda in a play performed by a theater shut...

TurkStat: Turkey’s population exceeded 82 million in 2018

Turkey’s population stood at 82,003,882 at the end of 2018, according to the country’s national statistics institute, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Friday. The...

Aggravated life sentences sought for 25 defendants in corruption probe trial

An İstanbul prosecutor is seeking aggravated life sentences for 25 defendants including Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and police chiefs on charges of attempting to...

Columnist claims there are at least 400 fake ‘July 15 veterans’ in Ankara

Müyesser Yıldız, a columnist for the odatv news website, has claimed that there are at least 400 people in Ankara who are pretending to...

Purge victim who lost 2 daughters while in jail given 25-year sentence

Enis Evren Civelek, a jailed purge victim in Turkey who lost four family members in a traffic accident including his two little daughters while...

Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules against sick prisoner’s release after his death

The Turkish Constitutional Court in December denied a request for the release of sick prisoner Celal Şeker, nine months after he passed away, the...

Former CHP deputy’s father calls for halt to hunger strike

Former Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Eren Erdem’s father on Thursday called on his jailed son to halt a hunger strike, the Artı Gerçek...

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