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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...

Turkey hands down long prison sentences to 25 journalists on terror charges

An Ä°stanbul high criminal court on Thursday gave prison sentences ranging from 25 months to seven years, six months to 25 journalists on terror...

Investigation launched into cleric promoting violence against women

On March 8, International Women’s Day, Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation into controversial cleric Nurettin Yıldız on the grounds that he promotes violence against...

Gov’t puts property of 5 shuttered media outlets up for sale

Turkey's Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put property belonging to five media outlets that were closed down by the Turkish government in the...

Rights defender: Prosecutor’s office hiding facts of teacher’s death in custody

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists, rebuffed a statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday...

As trial nears end, journalists say they are being punished for doing their job

The trial of 29 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization resumed in Ä°stanbul on Wednesday, with the journalists delivering their final defense...

Woman jailed for Gülen links not released despite risk of loss of vision

One of 17,000 women who were jailed in Turkey in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016 due to alleged...

Summaries of proceedings filed for 3 HDP deputies due to Afrin criticism

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed summaries of proceedings for three deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on terror charges...

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