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Turkish court rules Amnesty’s Kılıç remain in pre-trial detention

A day after the release of eight human rights activists by an İstanbul court, a court in Izmir ruled for the continuation of the...

Turkish court rules for arrest of 10 activists, 2 journalists

A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled for the arrest and pretrial detention of 10 pro-Kurdish and leftist activists and two journalists in İstanbul, the...

[UPDATE] 84 more military members sought for detention over alleged Gülen links

The Konya and Trabzon chief public prosecutor’s offices have issued detention warrants for 84 soldiers of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting...

Detention warrants issued for 121 Turkish diplomats over alleged Gülen links

Amid a non-stop witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, detention warrants were issued on Thursday for 121 Turkish diplomats who were dismissed following the...

[VIDEO] Turkish court releases AI’s İdil Eser, 7 other human rights activists

An İstanbul court on Wednesday ruled to release eight human rights activists, including Amnesty International’s Turkey Director İdil Eser, who had been in pretrial...

Journalist Kuray detained in police raid in Istanbul

Zeynep Kuray, a reporter for the Birgün daily, was detained on Wednesday evening in a police raid on her home in the Kadıköy district...

[VIDEO] 14-year-old boy caught in suitcase while trying to flee Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt

A 14-year-old Turkish boy, identified by the initials S.K., was caught in a suitcase in Turkey’s northeastern border province of Artvin while he was...

Oda TV editor-in-chief gets suspended sentence for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

Barış Pehlivan, editor-in-chief of the Oda TV news website, has been given a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days for “insulting” Turkish President...

Amnesty International slams ‘show trial’ of human rights activists in Turkey

Amnesty International issued a statement on their website on Wednesday harshly criticizing judicial proceedings involving 11 human rights activists in Turkey, calling it a...

Former minister forms ‘Good Party’ to challenge President Erdoğan, AKP

Former interior minister and deputy speaker of the Turkish Parliament Meral Akşener on Wednesday launched a political party to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Pro-gov’t Turkish mafia leader defends threat against Academics for Peace

Pro-government ultranationalist Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker, who had threatened signatories of the Academics for Peace (BAK) declaration of Jan. 11 2016, has defended...

[BREAKING] 2 journalists, 1 teacher released after 416 days in pretrial detention

Atilla Taş, a former singer and a columnist for the now-closed Meydan daily, Murat Aksoy, former columnist of now-closed Bugün daily, and Davut Aydın,...

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