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CoE head: We don’t want any more Turkish human rights violation cases at ECtHR

Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said on Tuesday that there are already thousands of human rights violation cases at the European...

Turkey bans blogs by US-based Turkish journalist

In yet another move by Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to silence dissident voices in the media, access to two personal blogs...

AKP delegation travels to US for talks on Gülen extradition

A delegation from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government travelled to the US on Tuesday to discuss the extradition of Turkish Islamic...

Former AKP deputy detained on coup charges released

Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy İdris Şahin, who was detained last week as part of an investigation into a failed military coup...

Rights violations in Turkey coup trials under spotlight as CHP deputy shares tips

Opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Istanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has joined the ranks of those who have disclosed tips about rights violations in Turkey...

Turkey snatches precious point after 1-1 draw against Croatia

Turkey’s Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored a precious goal against Croatia that gave a point at the start of the 2018 World Cup qualifying matches in...

Indictment seeks up to 28 months for ex-President Gül’s advisor

The chief advisor of former President Abdullah Gül, Ahmet Sever, is facing a prison sentence of 14 to 28 months on charges of insulting...

Counterterrorism police invite journalist Hasan Cemal to testify

The counterterrorism unit of the Istanbul Police Department summoned prominent journalist Hasan Cemal to give testimony on Monday. "The police counterterrorism unit called me while...

Court rules 8 HDP deputies be forcibly brought to testify in court

A Diyarbakır court hearing a trial involving the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) ruled on Monday that eight deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

PEN Int’l calls for reinstatement of journalist’s wife’s travel documents

PEN International has released a statement condemning the confiscation of the passport of journalist Can Dündar’s wife at an Istanbul airport on Saturday, calling...

Denizli restaurant refuses to serve Gülenists

“Traitors, putschists and parallels not are allowed in,” the huge banner hung on the side of a restaurant in Denizli’s Acıpayam district states, in...

227 arrested, 99 others detained on coup charges on Saturday

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...

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