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Now-closed Zaman columnist Ünal kept in jail by Turkish court

A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak on Wednesday refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for...

Turkish journalist Sağındık moved from jail to house arrest

An Istanbul court on Wednesday released investigative Turkish journalist Uğur Sağındık, who has been pre-trial detention since April 27, 2018, into house arrest, the...

Court rules to keep student in jail for protesting gov’t at Gezi victim funeral

An İstanbul court on Wednesday decided for a continuation of the imprisonment of Berkay Ustabaş, a student and secretary-general of the Revolutionary Youth Associations...

Report: 41 women killed in domestic violence in Turkey in August

A report released by the Stop the Murder of Women Platform shows that 41 women in Turkey were victims of fatal domestic violence in...

Turkish court seeks Interpol Red Notice for prominent publisher Zarakolu

A Turkish court has decided to seek an Interpol Red Notice for Ragıp Zarakolu, a publisher, writer and free speech activist, as well as...

250,000 people left Turkey in 2017, 42.5 percent more than previous year

A total of 253,640 people left Turkey in 2017, 42.5 percent over the previous year, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing the Turkish...

Around 50,000 Syrians stay home after leaving Turkey for holidays in 2018

Some 50,000 Syrians have not returned to Turkey after going home to celebrate the Islamic holidays, said Abdullah Ayaz, Turkey’s deputy director general of...

Erdoğan says Turkey will not fulfill ‘unlawful requests’ in pastor Brunson case

Turkey cannot fulfill “unlawful requests” regarding American pastor Andrew Brunson’s ongoing case, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing the Hürriyet...

Mass transport of judges to presidential palace casts doubt on judicial independence

In a development that cast further doubt over the independence of the judiciary in Turkey, judges and prosecutors from one of the top courts...

2 arrested in Antalya for insulting Erdoğan on social media

Two out of four individuals who were recently detained in the southern Turkish province of Antalya on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Erdoğan’s job approval falls to 44.5 percent, with 46.7 percent not approving

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s job approval fell to 44.5 percent in August, while the disapproval rate increased to 46.7 percent, according to a...

Parliamentary commission ignores HDP deputy’s petitions on rights violations

The Turkish Parliament’s Human Rights Commission has so far responded to none of the letters submitted to it by one of its own members,...

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