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Ministry says 12,600 cases at ECtHR dropped with establishment of OHAL commission

Turkey’s Ministry of Justice has said with the establishment of a state of emergency (OHAL) commission, 12,600 cases currently awaiting review at the European...

Diyarbakır Co-mayor Anlı released from jail

Diyarbakır Co-mayor Fırat Anlı, who was arrested on terror charges last October, was released from jail on Friday. Anlı and the Diyarbakır Municipality's other co-mayor,...

Two journalists detained in Gaziantep based on ‘reasonable suspicion’

Two journalists working for the Dihaber news website, Erdoğan Alayumat and Nuri Akman, were detained on Thursday evening in the southeastern province of Gaziantep...

[UPDATE] CHP to attend coup commemoration event after last-minute invitation

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) spokesperson Bülent Tezcan has announced that CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and the party's deputies are going to attend...

Jailed HDP deputy Demirel given 90-month prison sentence on terror charges

Çağlar Demirel, one of 11 jailed deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been handed down a prison sentence of 90 months...

10 officers arrested over Gülen links in Konya-based coup probe

Ten military officers were arrested on Friday as part of a Konya-based investigation targeting alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in the military,...

Court upholds suspended sentence for deputy from pro-Kurdish HDP

The 4th Chamber of the Gaziantep Regional Court of Justice on Thursday upheld a two year, six month suspended sentence for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...

Turkish minister: 15,000 tons of food reach Qatar

Amid a crisis between Qatar and Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi on Thursday said 15,000 tons of food exported...

RSF: Turkish journalism in the throes of death, European court last hope

Assessing the state of the media in Turkey in a report for the anniversary of a failed coup attempt in the country on July...

Eight PKK members ‘neutralized’ in Hakkari province

Eight members of the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who were allegedly planning an attack were “neutralized” during military operations in Hakkari province,...

‘Everybody will need justice one day,’ says detained Amnesty activist

Amnesty International (AI) Turkey Director İdil Eser, who was detained on July 5 in İstanbul with seven other human rights defenders, has said in...

Suspect wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt in coup trial thrown out of courtroom

One of the suspects on trial for an assassination attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the night of a failed coup in Turkey...

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