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Detention warrants issued for 29 gendarmerie officers over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 29 gendarmerie officers due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news website reported. The...

US ‘disappointed’ by arrest of TV journalist in Turkey

The United States on Monday expressed disappointment over the arrest of TV journalist Sedef Kabaş in Turkey over the weekend on charges of insulting the...

Assailant says has no regrets about murdering HDP employee

Onur Gencer, who killed a party employee in an attack at the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) office in western Turkey in June, has...

Turkey has lowest ranking in 10 years in 2021 corruption index: Transparency International

Turkey has taken 10 steps back and was ranked the 96th least corrupt nation among 180 countries –- the lowest in the past 10...

ECtHR orders Turkey to pay damages to German-Turkish reporter

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ordered Turkey to pay damages in excess of 12,300 euros ($14,000) to a German-Turkish journalist, ruling...

Turkish authorities take legal action against IHD and association chair

Turkish authorities have taken legal action against the Human Rights Association (Ä°HD), an NGO monitoring human rights violations in Turkey since 1986, and its...

Turkey’s KYK suspends loans of students who participated in housing shortage demonstrations

The Turkish Higher Education Credit and Hostels Institutions (KYK) has suspended the monthly loans of students who participated in nationwide demonstrations against student housing...

Opposition MP GergerlioÄŸlu calls for urgent release of ailing philanthropist

Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has called for the immediate release from prison of 82-year-old businessman and...

Exiled journalist indicted for insulting President ErdoÄŸan in report on convicted jihadist

Swedish-based Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt was indicted in Turkey over an article he wrote about a convicted jihadist, with the public prosecutor claiming that...

JWF report sheds light on violations of right to education in Turkey after failed coup

A report by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), a New York-based international civil society organization dedicated to the culture of peace, human rights...

18 former civil servants detained over alleged Gülen links

Eighteen former civil servants have been detained due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement on accusations of use of the ByLock smart...

Turkish courts handed down 80 years in prison to 36 journalists in 2021

Journalists in Turkey made 475 court appearances in 2021, with the courts handing down a total of 80 years in prison to 36 of...

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