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CHP leader slams prosecutor office statement on Açıkkollu’s death

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday hit back at a statement issued by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office...

New electoral amendments go into effect after hasty approval by Parliament

A 26-article legislative package that makes it possible for political parties to form election alliances and amends some parts of the Election Law ahead...

Detention warrants issued for 33 more military members over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara and Kırşehir chief public prosecutor's offices on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 33 active duty and purged military members of varying ranks...

Turkish gov’t has detained one in three HDP members since 2015

The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has detained about a third of all pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members since July...

Erdoğan salutes crowd with nationalist grey wolf sign

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday used a nationalist hand sign during a speech at a party meeting in Mersin province, Hürriyet reported. Repeating...

Turkey’s top court says journalist Dündar should be tried on espionage charges

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday overruled a five-year jail sentence for former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet daily Can Dündar, saying he should...

Turkish court rules to release Cumhuriyet journalists Şık and Sabuncu

A Turkish court on Friday evening decided to release Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and journalist Ahmet Şık while ruling for a continuation of...

Int’l law associations call on Turkey to halt wrongful prosecution of legal professionals

An international group of law associations recently issued a joint statement highlighting the ongoing challenges faced by the legal profession in Turkey. The statement was...

HDP deputy: Prison population in Turkey increased by 100 percent in past 6 years

A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Ertuğrul Kürkçü, has complained about overcrowding in Turkey’s prisons, saying that the country’s prison population...

RSF calls Turkish journalists’ convictions ‘an act of political despotism’

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday condemned the sentences ranging from two to seven years in prison that 25 Turkish journalists received on March...

HDP deputies ask gov’t to explain torture claims of jailed Kurdish politician  

Several deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have directed questions to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in Parliament about...

Turkish gov’t to employ 10,000 new police officers

The Turkish government on Thursday announced that it would hire 10,000 new police officers following a mass purge in police ranks after a failed...

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