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Jailed Turkish lawyer awarded 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) announced on Monday that jailed lawyer Murat Arslan, president of the now dissolved Association for...

Report: Turkey grants martyrdom to soldier burned to death by ISIL

The Turkish military has acknowledged that Sefter Taş, one of two Turkish soldiers who were allegedly burned to death by Islamic State in Iraq...

Regional court overturns CHP deputy Berberoğlu verdict, orders retrial

A regional court of justice on Monday overturned an İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court decision made on June 14 handing down a prison sentence...

Amnesty condemns heavy charges against rights activists arrested in Turkey

Amnesty International on Sunday issued a statement condemning an indictment seeking jail terms of up to 15 years on terror charges filed against 11...

Prosecutor demands 15 years in jail for human rights defenders

The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has drafted an indictment for 11 people including foreign human rights defenders who were detained during a workshop in...

Gang leader says journalist Altaylı opened ‘hunting season,’ refuses responsibility

Sedat Peker, a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a convicted gang leader, said on Saturday that he is not responsible if...

Minor given 21-month suspended sentence for insulting Erdoğan

A.Ş., 13, was handed down a 21-month suspended sentence for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the artıgerçek news website reported...

Erdoğan announces major operation in Syria’s Idlib province

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Saturday that the country has launched a “serious” operation in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province with Turkish-backed Syrian...

Turkish court appoints trustees to 48 companies over Gülen links

A court in Aydın province appointed trustees to the management of 48 companies, including leading freezer company Uğur, over alleged links to the faith-based...

Imprisoned journalists claim to have been tortured in Turkey

Thirteen inmates including journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Serkan Erdoğan from the Dicle news agency (Dihaber) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, respectively, both of which were...

Erdoğan’s press office denies meeting with mayor

The Presidential Press Office on Friday denied media reports that Turkish President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip...

Erdoğan talks to Ankara mayor about possible resignation

Turkey’s President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is holding talks with Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek, who...

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