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Jailed Zaman journalist Soncan gets 7.5-year jail sentence on terror charges

Journalist Emre Soncan, who is among dozens of journalists jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016,...

Woman in fourth month of pregnancy detained over Gülen links

A woman who is four months pregnant and also has a one-year-old child has been detained in the central province of Niğde due to...

Critical writer Eliaçık faces 7.5 years in prison on terror charges

Renowned Islamic theologian and writer İhsan Eliaçık is facing up to seven-and-a-half years in prison on charges of disseminating the propaganda of the outlawed...

Woman jailed over Gülen links not released despite serious health risk

Birgül Bulut, one the more than 17,000 women who have been jailed in Turkey in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July...

AKP co-founder indicted on charges of insulting Erdoğan

One of the co-founders of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Abdüllatif Şener, has been indicted on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip...

RSF calls Turkish journalists’ convictions ‘an act of political despotism’

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday condemned the sentences ranging from two to seven years in prison that 25 Turkish journalists received on March...

Court refuses to release Zaman journalist Ünal after 18 months in jail

A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and a former columnist for...

Bank Asya managers face up to 22.5 years jail on terror charges

The former general manager and administrators of the now-closed Islamic lender Bank Asya have been indicted on terror charges and face jail sentences of...

Berlin says Turkey released another German citizen from jail

The German Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that another German citizen jailed in Turkey has been freed, a week after the release of German-Turkish...

Turkish PM says he hopes German journalist Yücel will soon be released

On the first anniversary of the arrest of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel last February, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said he hopes Yücel...

Court accepts indictment seeking up to 23 years in prison for HDP deputy

An indictment drafted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeking between 9.5 and 23 years for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İzmir deputy...

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...

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