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Cleric given 2.5-year jail sentence for insulting Atatürk

Hasan Akar, a cleric from the Nur religious community, has been handed down a 2.5-year sentence on charges of insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the...

Period of detention extended for another 7 days for journalist Erdem

Turkish prosecutors have extended the period of detention of journalist Zeki Erdem, who has been in police custody since July 11, for another seven...

Diyarbakır co-mayor faces arrest shortly after release  

An arrest warrant has been issued for Diyarbakır Co-mayor Fırat Anlı, who was released from jail last week, after being arrested on terror charges...

Jail sentence sought for Gırgır cartoonist for insulting sacred values

A prosecutor has drafted an indictment seeking up to 18 months for cartoonist Seyfi Şahin, who used to work for the closed-down popular humor...

Detention warrants issued for 2 more HDP deputies

The Batman 2nd High Criminal Court issued a detention warrant on Tuesday for pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Batman deputies Ayşe Acar Başaran and Saadet...

Detention warrants issued for 40 at Interior Ministry over ByLock use

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 39 former and one active Interior Ministry staff members over the use of...

Heavy rain lashes İstanbul, gridlocks traffic

Traffic was gridlocked and cars were stranded on surface streets and highways on Tuesday due to heavy rains that inundated İstanbul. Minister of Forest...

32 detained in Diyarbakır for protesting dismissals under gov’t decree

Turkish police detained 32 members of the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK), some of whom were dismissed under a government decree issued...

HDP deputy given jail sentence for posting PKK operatives’ photos on social media

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy İbrahim Ayhan has been handed down a prison sentence of 15 months for posting the photos of...

ECtHR to give priority to cases of jailed HDP deputies

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will give priority to applications for the cases of 11 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who...

PEN: Never recorded so many writers in prison in one country at one time

PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, on Monday called on the Turkish government to stop abusing a state of emergency in force in...

1,800-year-old church falling into disrepair due to delayed restoration

An 1,800-year-old Orthodox church in Turkey’s Muğla province is poised to fall into ruin due to its delayed restoration and neglect. The Ministry of...

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