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CoE urges Turkey’s top court to quickly conclude examination of Demirtaş’s detention
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Deputies has called on Turkey's Constitutional Court to expeditiously examine an application from Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...
Son of jailed former MP calls on top court to prioritize father’s petition
The son of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a renowned human rights activist and former member of the Turkish Parliament who was expelled from the legislature...
1.5 million euros awarded to plaintiffs from Turkey by rights court in 2020
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered Turkey to pay a total of 1,548,027 euros in awards to plaintiffs in 2020 after...
Purged academic’s appeal rejected by OHAL Commission based on nonexistent document
Academic and journalist Mehmet Altan’s appeal for reinstatement to his job at Istanbul University was rejected by a commission reviewing decisions taken by the...
ECtHR questions Turkey about judges and prosecutors arrested after failed coup
The
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has addressed a series of questions to
the Turkish government due to applications lodged by former judges and
prosecutors disbarred...
Germany launches investigation into Turkish app used for spying on Erdoğan critics
The German government has announced that federal prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation into a smart phone application developed by the Turkish Security Directorate...
ECtHR to take up journalist Alpay’s case with priority
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to examine an application filed by jailed journalist Şahin Alpay's lawyers for the release of...