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Opposition MP calls on justice minister to let jailed mother reunite with cancer patient son
A lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP) has called on Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ to release a woman serving a sentence on...
Man calls on authorities to let wife jailed on Gülen links reunite with cancer patient son
A man has called on Turkish authorities to release his wife, serving a prison sentence on conviction of links to the Gülen movement, so...
End-stage cancer patient released after spending 6 months in prison
Ahmet Zeki Özkan, a 65-year-old man who was arrested in February to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement despite...
Documentary tells story of businessman who died from cancer after belated release from prison
A documentary telling the story of businessman Medeni Arifoğlu, who succumbed to cancer after he was belatedly released from prison despite his deteriorating health,...
End-stage cancer patient jailed over Gülen links taken to hospital 19 times in 2 weeks
A critically ill woman who suffers from a rare form of cancer and was sent to prison to serve a sentence on conviction of...
Reactions mount against Turkish authorities over jailing of end-stage cancer patient
Turkish authorities last week arrested critically ill Ayşe Özdoğan, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, and sent her to prison on a...
Twitter users call on Turkish authorities to postpone cancer patient’s prison sentence
Turkish Twitter users conducted a hashtag campaign on Friday calling on authorities to postpone the execution of the prison sentence of Ayşe Özdoğan, 34,...
8-year-old cancer patient dies after belated treatment due to travel ban on mother
Ahmet Burhan Ataç, an 8-year-old cancer
patient, succumbed to his illness on Thursday after a travel ban on his mother
prevented him from receiving treatment in...
Cancer patient arrested over Gülen links deteriorates to stage 4 in one month
Fatma Aşkın, a breast
cancer patient who was arrested on Feb.14 in the southeastern Turkish province
of Gaziantep due to her alleged links to the Gülen...
[UPDATE] Appeals court overturns decision to lift travel ban on mother of cancer patient
A Turkish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a
decision to revoke a travel restriction on the passport of Zekiye Ataç, the
mother of an 8-year-old cancer...
Cancer patient arrested after arrival in Turkey on charges of insulting Erdoğan
A
Turkish court has ruled for the arrest of Ayten Sarıkaya Kesler, a cancer
patient who was detained Tuesday morning at an İstanbul airport upon her
arrival...
Turkish justice system fails to release purge victim diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
Abdülazim Özdemir, a
49-year-old engineer who was purged from his job at the Ministry of Development
in the aftermath of a failed coup in Turkey in...