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Former teacher arrested and sent to prison in Diyarbakır province on conviction of Gülen links

Figen Çapkur, 46, a former teacher who was summarily fired from her job by a government decree, was arrested and sent to a prison...

Turkey aiming to increase capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, says opposition MP

The Turkish government is working to increase the capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, said Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights defender...

Turkish court sentences German-Kurdish singer in absentia to 3 years for terrorism

A Turkish court has sentenced a German-Kurdish singer in absentia to three years, one month and 15 days in prison on a conviction of...

Critically ill woman sent to prison after authorities refuse to postpone her sentence

Turkish authorities have refused to postpone the execution of the prison sentence of critically ill Ayşe Özdoğan, 34, who was arrested on Saturday and...

5 Turkish journalists sentenced to prison on terrorism charges

A court in Antalya province convicted three journalists of membership in a terrorist organization and two others of aiding a terrorist organization over their...

Turkish prosecutors launched 1.5 million terrorism investigations between 2016-2020: report

Public prosecutors initiated 1.576 million investigations on allegations of terrorismbetween 2016 and 2020, concluding 208,833 of them, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing...

Ex-MP says his release is a harbinger of freedom for all pro-Kurdish party members

A former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has said his release from prison on Tuesday was a harbinger of the freedom...

Conviction of Kurdish writer Deryaspî must be overturned: PEN International

The conviction of Kurdish writer Gulgeş Deryaspî on terrorism-related charges must be overturned, said PEN International in a statement on Tuesday, which included a call...

Journalist goes on trial on terror charges for posting Nevruz photo

The first hearing in the trial of Turkish journalist Melis Alphan, who faces a prison sentence of up to seven-and-a-half years on terror charges...

‘I fear for my life in here,’ says disabled bomb expert imprisoned on terrorism conviction

“I fear for my life in here,” said disabled former bomb disposal expert Bilal Konakçı in a letter he wrote from his prison cell...

Turkey’s top court refuses to hear expelled MP’s appeal

Turkey's top court on Wednesday refused to hear an appeal by a leading pro-Kurdish lawmaker against his expulsion from parliament due to a conviction...

Prominent MP Gergerlioğlu expelled from Turkish Parliament over a 2016 tweet

In a move that has created shockwaves in Turkey and the international community, the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday expelled a prominent lawmaker and human...

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