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Unity for Democracy initiative: Assault on rights and freedoms unprecedented

According to the final declaration issued on Sunday by an initiative launched by intellectuals, the assault against basic rights and freedoms in Turkey has...

Islamist paper columnist: Don’t worry about increased gun ownership, the people know who to shoot

As part of an ongoing debate in Turkey over concerns about a spike in gun ownership, a columnist for the political Islamist Yeni Akit...

İzmir prosecutor prepares indictment against Gülen

As part of a witch-hunt against the faith-based Gülen movement, İzmir prosecutor Berkant Karakaya has prepared an indictment against Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen for...

French FM: Judiciary in France is independent in state of emergency

In response to attempts by the Turkish government to defend a state of emergency currently in effect in Turkey by making comparisons to France,...

First coup indictment in İstanbul seeks sentences for 29 police officers

The first indictment prepared by a prosecutor in İstanbul into a failed coup attempt on July 15 seeks three consecutive life sentences for 21...

Interview with ByLock author invalidates government coup arguments

An interview conducted by Hürriyet daily journalist İsmail Saymaz with the author of a mobile phone application known as ByLock, which has led to...

AKP mayor, wife detained in Burdur over Gülen links

The mayor of the Bucak Municipality in the southern province of Burdur, Süleyman Mutlu, who is from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), and...

Judicial board suspends prosecutor who passed away in May

A Balıkesir prosecutor who died back in May was suspended from his job in a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rule on Aug....

11 prison guards detained over ByLock use in anti-Gülen operation

Eleven prison guards were detained in an İzmir-based operation on Monday targeting alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement for their use of a...

Prominent jurist says inappropriate to hold referendum amid censorship

While officials from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) have begun to set a date for a possible referendum on the country's switch to...

Justice minister: No maltreatment or torture in Turkish prisons

Contrary to what national and international human rights organizations have reported, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ stated on Sunday that there is no maltreatment...

Outgoing bar association chairman admits Gülen followers were refused counsel

The Istanbul Bar Association has turned down sympathizers of the Gülen movement who requested lawyers to represent them in post-coup trials, the organization's outgoing...

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