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Police officer convicted of breaking protestor’s arm walks free after receiving suspended sentence

Police officer E.T., who broke the arm of protestor Zeynal Danacı in Ankara in 2017, was convicted of excessive use of force and sentenced...

Turkey tops the list for number of European Court of Human Rights judgments finding violations of freedom of expression

Turkey tops the list of 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states that received the most judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...

Freedom of the press sustained further blows in Turkey in 2020, report reveals

A press freedom report drafted by the Turkish Journalists’ Association (TGC) for the year 2020 shows that there has been further regression in freedom...

Turkish court hands down life sentences to dozens of officers in 2016 coup trial

A Turkish court has handed down life sentences to 92 military officers for their alleged roles in a failed coup in Turkey on July...

OHAL commission has rejected 99,140 applications out of 126,630 to date

A commission set up by the Turkish government to look into complaints from individuals who were adversely affected by government decrees during a state...

Turkey drafts new indictment against jailed Kurdish leader

Turkish prosecutors have drafted an indictment for 108 people, including jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, in connection to street protests in the country’s Southeast...

US State Department denies forming joint group with Turkey to discuss S-400 sanctions

The US State Department has denied reports suggesting that the US and Turkey are considering the establishment of a joint working group to discuss...

Turkey will drag out DemirtaÅŸ case, former judge says

Cevheri Güven  Talip Aydın, former head of department for human rights at the Turkish Ministry of Justice, said Turkey plans to drag out for years...

Woman jailed for husband’s role in corruption investigations denied medical treatment

Sümeyya Aksoy, 43, the wife of a police chief jailed for her husband’s role in corruption and bribery operations back in 2013 that implicated...

Pro-gov’t Cengiz, Limak holdings win millions in tenders for electricity supply in 2021

Public tenders valued at millions of dollars to supply electric power to ministries, universities and other public institutions in Turkey have been awarded to...

Rights advocate deputy files lawsuit against minister who branded him a ‘terrorist’

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent human rights activist and member of the Turkish Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, has filed a lawsuit...

US-Turkey mull joint working group to discuss S-400 sanctions, Turkish FM says

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoglu said on Wednesday that Turkey and the United States are considering the formation of a joint working group to...

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