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Syriac associations launch signature campaign to overturn priest’s jail sentence

A petition launched by the European Syriac Union (ESU) and supported by 11 other associations demanding freedom for a Syriac priest in Turkey who...

Son of jailed former MP calls on top court to prioritize father’s petition

The son of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a renowned human rights activist and former member of the Turkish Parliament who was expelled from the legislature...

Jailed media executive faces 2,500 years in match-fixing ‘conspiracy’ trial

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 2,445 years for Hidayet Karaca, former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group, on...

Syriac organization demand freedom for priest sentenced on terror charges in Turkey

Syriac organizations in Europe have demanded that the Turkish government release and drop all charges against priest Sefer (Aho) Bileçen, who was handed down...

152 students in Turkey sentenced to over 500 years in prison in 5 years: report

Turkish courts handed down sentences totaling 506 years to 152 students between 2015 and 2019, according to a recent report released by the Human...

Turkey jails four over bombing that killed German tourists

A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced four men to life in jail over a 2016 suicide bombing in the heart of İstanbul that killed...

Stranded in Turkey, professor seeks return to France

Acquitted of terror charges after a stint in jail, a Turkish professor at a French university remains stranded in İstanbul, stripped of his passport...

Journalist sentenced to prison on terrorism charges in first hearing of trial

A journalist was sentenced to 15 months in prison on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in the first hearing of her trial at a...

Prominent lawmaker facing expulsion from Turkish Parliament vows not to leave

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker in the Turkish Parliament and a prominent human rights activist, has vowed not to leave after a court decision...

Rights advocate MP petitions top court over jail sentence

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has petitioned Turkey’s Constitutional Court, claiming that his right to freedom of expression was violated...

7 students face up to 3 years in prison over Boğaziçi protests

Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to three years in prison for seven students over a poster depicting Islam's holiest site with LGBT imagery, Agence...

Turkish authorities arrest disabled bomb disposal expert on terrorism conviction

Bilal Konakçı, a bomb disposal expert with the police who lost his hand and was blinded in an explosion, was arrested on Feb.21 after...

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