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Former Bursa governor sentenced to 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links

Åžahabettin Harput, a former Turkish governor of the western province of Bursa, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison over alleged links...

HDP deputy Önder sent to prison after sentence upheld by appeals court

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder was sent to prison after his three year, six month sentence was upheld by an İstanbul...

PEN declares jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş an ‘honorary member’

PEN Center Germany, part of PEN International, has declared jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin DemirtaÅŸ, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for two years, an...

25 airport workers, 5 union members released at first hearing of their trial

A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled for the release of 25 workers and five trade union members who were put in pretrial detention for...

Turkish prosecutor seeks arrest of journalist Dündar over Gezi Park protests

Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for journalist Can Dündar as part of an investigation into the anti-government Gezi Park protests in İstanbul...

Number of convicted rapists in Turkey increased 23-fold in two years: CoE report

The Council of Europe (CoE) has released a report on the trends of prisons in Europe between 2005 and 2015 which indicated that the...

Romania briefly detains Turkish journalist over Gülen links

A Turkish journalist suspected of having links to Fethullah Gülen, the US-based cleric accused by Turkey of orchestrating a failed coup in 2016, was...

Former member of HSK sentenced to 10 years for Gülen movement ‘membership’

The Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday issued a final verdict for a former member of Turkey's Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) and...

Turkish court issues arrest warrant for actor for supporting 2013 Gezi protests

A Turkish court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant requested by the prosecutor for actor Memet Ali Alabora for his support of the anti-government...

Migrants from Turkey leave money at Greek cafe for wood needed for a fire

A group of illegal migrants from Turkey who crossed the Maritsa River and reached the village of Nea Vyssa in the Greek regional unit...

Gül’s advisor faces criminal complaints from top officials over revelations in book

Ahmet Sever, the chief press advisor of former President Abdullah Gül, is facing four legal cases from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and two other...

Top Turkish court upholds jail sentence given to former HDP deputy Baluken

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a jail sentence of seven-and-a-half years handed down to former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy İdris...

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