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Turkey ordered detention of 89 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 89 people including teachers, lawyers, active duty, and dismissed military officers and former...

Worker for gov’t housing agency claims construction site authorities beat him for refusing to put in more overtime

A construction worker, who worked for Turkey’s Housing Development Administration (TOKI), claimed he had been beaten by worksite authorities after refusing to work overtime,...

Amid a culture of impunity, courts protect people in positions of power, lawyers say

Lawyers involved in legal proceedings concerning vulnerable communities in Turkey have said the judiciary often protects people in power by granting them impunity, the...

Erdoğan hints at being Public Alliance’s presidential candidate for 2023 elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that the Public Alliance, which includes his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the...

More journalists claim hackers stole personal info from Turkish gov’t websites

Two more journalists have claimed that a hacker group infiltrated Turkey’s e-government website and other government-related sites and stole the personal information of Turkish...

198 authors, poets condemn Gezi Park trial verdict in joint statement

One hundred ninety-eight members of the Turkish literary world, including prominent authors and poets, have released a joint statement to condemn the verdict in...

Teachers working at Gülen schools deported from Liberia

The Liberian government on April 22 summarily deported Turkish and Azeri teachers and their families -- 12 people in all -- working at a...

Conviction of Kavala is a blatant disregard for rule of law and judicial independence: IBAHRI

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has condemned the conviction of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, saying the verdict is a blatant...

CoE’s torture committee calls for limiting number of inmates and promoting non-custodial measures

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has called on European countries to set...

Turkish lawyer claims name confusion resulted in client’s prison sentence for Gülen links

A Turkish court sentenced a person identified only by the initials A.G. to seven years in prison for allegedly using the ByLock smart phone...

Man reaches out to Turkish MP saying incarcerated sick wife cannot access proper healthcare

The husband of a critically ill woman serving a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement said his wife did not have...

Conviction of rights activists proves Turkish courts operate under Erdoğan’s instructions: HRW

The conviction of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala and his seven co-defendants is ample proof that Turkish courts operate under instructions from the...

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