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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,...

86-year-old Isparta man in 11th month of arrest on coup charges

Ali Osman Karahan, an 86-year-old Turkish man with walking and speaking difficulties, has been kept in an Isparta prison for almost 12 months over...

20-year jail sentence sought for educators on hunger strike on terror charges

An indictment charging Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who went on a hunger strike after they were fired by government decrees in...

Erdoğan admits to being behind arrests of thousands in post-coup purge

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and himself are behind the arrests of thousands of people...

HDP deputy Encü released from jail

Ferhat Encü, one of 12 pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who were arrested in late 2016, has been released from jail. Encü was arrested...

Justice minister says only 30 journalists jailed in Turkey

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said there are only 30 journalists in Turkey's prisons and that some jailed individuals may have wrongfully presented their...

HDP deputy Baluken released from jail

İdris Baluken, one of 11 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who were arrested in late 2016, has been released from jail. Baluken, who is...

7-year jail sentence sought for journalist Mahalli on insult charges

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul public prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of up to seven years, three months for journalist Hüsnü Mahalli on...

Indictment seeks up to 10-year jail sentences for 28 journalists

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul public prosecutor seeks 10-year jail sentences for 28 journalists, most of whom worked for media outlets affiliated with...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş says he knew 15 days in advance he would be arrested

Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has said he knew 15 days in advance that he would be arrested but...

Jailed Diyarbakır Co-mayor Kışanak faces 230-year prison sentence

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is seeking 230 years in prison for Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak, who was removed from her post and...

‘Book yourself a place in prison,’ CHP leader tells prospective journalist

In remarks that underlined the risks of being a journalist in Turkey nowadays, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has told a young...

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