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Turkish journalists faced 47 life sentences in 3-month period: report

Various Turkish journalists in the past three months faced 46 aggravated life sentences, one life sentence and 3,023 years, 10 months in prison in...

[ANALYSIS] A crack in Turkey’s nationalist coalition? Or just local election politics

On Monday morning the leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, posted furious tweets aimed at President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his...

Laborers stop work at Ä°stanbul airport construction site over 3-month delay in wages

More than one hundred workers at İstanbul’s new airport construction site launched a work stoppage on Monday because they have not received their wages...

ErdoÄŸan says March 2019 elections might be end of main opposition

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan said on Monday that local elections in March 2019 might mark the end of the main opposition Republican People's...

Turkish gov’t detains 667 people in a week over Gülen links

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 667 people were detained over the past week (Oct.15-Oct.22) due to alleged links to the faith-based...

Turkish prosecutor demands 7.5 years for 32 academics who signed peace petition

Thirty-two Turkish academics who signed a peace petition appeared in criminal court on Friday, where the prosecutor demanded that the court sentence them to...

Child sexual abuse cases skyrocket in Turkey since 2007

The number of child sexual abuse cases that Turkish courts have adjudicated in the last 10 years has quadrupled, according to figures provided by...

Health is most critical issue in overcrowded Turkish prisons, says NGO executive

Civil Society Association for Law Enforcement Systems (CISST) executive board member Berivan Korkut has said health is the most critical issue in overcrowded Turkish...

56 percent of Syrian migrants in Turkish province want to return home: survey

According to a survey conducted in Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep, 56 percent of Syrian migrants living there want to return home if conditions...

Turkey has requested extradition of 419 Gülen movement members

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on Friday the Turkish government has so far asked for the extradition of 419 people linked to the...

Detention warrants issued for 40 more people over alleged ByLock use

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 40 people over their suspected use of the ByLock mobile phone messaging...

Former Van mayor Kaya sentenced to 8 years, 3 months in prison

A former mayor of the predominantly Kurdish city of Van in Turkey’s East was on Thursday sentenced to eight years, three months in prison...

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