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Council of Europe’s CPT: Ankara won’t allow report on Turkish prisons to be published

The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee has announced that the Turkish government has not given permission for a report on Turkish prisons to be...

Human rights organizations urge Turkey to reverse extension of emergency rule

A letter written on Friday to Frederica Mogherini, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, and Donald Tusk, president of the European...

[UPDATE] 3 soldiers killed, 3 injured in clash with PKK in Şırnak

Three Turkish soldiers were killed and three others injured in a clash with militants from the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern...

Justice minister says CHP cannot challenge referendum at top court, ECtHR

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said the Republican People's Party (CHP) does not have any right to challenge the results of a referendum held...

AKP district mayor in Niğde injured in armed attack

Erdal Sarı, mayor of the Altunhisar district of the central province of Niğde, was slightly injured in an armed attack on Thursday. A child was...

Turkey jails another pro-Kurdish deputy, bringing total to 14

As part of an investigation launched into the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Burcu Çelik was arrested...

[UPDATE] Couple arrested for watching Gülen video in cybercafé

An Ankara court has arrested a lieutenant who was dismissed from the military and his wife for watching a video of Fethullah Gülen, who...

HDP files criminal complaint against election board president, members

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a criminal complaint against Supreme Election Board (YSK) President Sadi Güven and YSK members on allegations...

PACE warns reinstatement of death penalty incompatible with CoE membership

General Rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Yves Cruchten has said plans by...

White House: Trump-Erdoğan phone call not endorsement of referendum results

The White House’s Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, while en route to Wisconsin with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One, told reporters...

Court acquits man who likened Erdoğan to Gollum character

A court in the western province of Aydın on Tuesday acquitted physician Bilgin Çiftçi, who faced charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

CHP applies to election authority for cancellation of April 16 referendum

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has applied to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) demanding the cancellation of a referendum held on April...

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