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Minors questioned about prayers on third day of surreal terror trial

Fourteen high school girls are on trial in İstanbul for alleged membership in a terrorist organization as part of a decade-long crackdown on the...

Prosecutor seeks 88,000 years for Turkish Farm Bank game founder for defrauding gamers

A prosecutor has demanded a prison sentence of more than 88,000 years for Mehmet Aydın, who allegedly defrauded thousands of Turks of millions of...

ECtHR rejects Turkey’s appeal over post-coup detention of journalist

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday rejected Turkey’s appeal against its ruling in favor of a Turkish journalist over her pretrial...

Erdoğan’s advisor claims Israel will attack Turkey

Yiğit Bulut, a senior advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has claimed that Israel is planning to attack Turkey, attracting criticism from within...

Top court drops case into killing of 10 inmates in SE Turkey due to statute of limitations

Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld lower courts' rulings concerning the statute of limitations in a trial dealing with the brutal killing of 10...

Turkish gov’t dismisses political influence on judiciary in Kavala conviction

The Turkish government has told the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that there was no government influence over the courts that sentenced businessman...

Killing of 15-year-old Syrian by masked men in Turkey leads to allegations of racism

A 15-year-old Syrian was shot dead by masked gunmen in İstanbul on Saturday, leading to allegations of a racially motivated attack, the Karar news...

Judge removes MP from courtroom over criticism of trial of minors accused of terrorism

A judge overseeing the trial of 14 high school girls and 27 others at an İstanbul courthouse expelled a lawmaker on Tuesday after the...

ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 23 judges and prosecutors after failed coup

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by detaining 23...

Turkish court arrests Australian woman for alleged links to PKK

An İstanbul court has ruled for the arrest of an Australian woman who was detained last week on charges of links to the outlawed...

Italian NGO intervenes in ECtHR case of Turkish worker convicted of Gülen links

The Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU) has, as a third-party intervener, challenged the conviction of a Turkish construction worker on terrorism charges due...

Rights groups urge investigation into mistreatment of man held for policewoman’s killing

Several human rights groups have called for an investigation into the mistreatment of 19-year-old suspect Yunus Emre Geçti, who was detained for the fatal...

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