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Court accepts indictment seeking life sentence for opposition politician on espionage charges

An indictment seeking a life sentence and an additional 35 years for defense analyst and Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) politician Metin Gürcan has...

Former police chief sent to prison over Gülen links after court upholds sentence

A former police chief who was fired from his job following a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 due to his alleged links to...

Court accepts indictment seeking up to 13 years in prison for jailed journalist

An İstanbul court on Monday accepted an indictment that seeks a prison sentence of up to 13 years for a TV journalist who was...

[UPDATE] Turkey frees reporters jailed after failed appeal in state secrets trial

Two Turkish journalists convicted of violating Turkey's state secrets law were released late on Tuesday the very same day they returned to prison after...

Erdoğan seeks $18,000 in damages from journalist arrested on insult charges

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a defamation lawsuit against TV journalist Sedef Kabaş, seeking TL 250,000 ($18,000) in non-pecuniary damages for her...

Jailed Kurdish politician given prison sentence on conviction of insulting former PM

Former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November 2016, has been given a jail...

Kavala trial resumes ahead of European deadline

Western diplomats packed a Turkish courtroom on Monday to observe the latest stage of a trial of a civil society leader whose detention has...

Court rules to release 2 student protestors from pretrial detention

A court on Friday ruled to release two university students who have been in pretrial detention for more than three months for participating in...

Former pro-Kurdish party MP released after 5 years in prison

Abdullah Zeydan, a former lawmaker from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was released from prison in an ongoing retrial after an appeals court...

Turkey seeks up to 20 years for opposition politician jailed on espionage charges

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 20 years for defense analyst and Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) politician Metin Gürcan,...

Kurdish leader says would win presidency even in jail if nominated by opposition

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has said he would win the 2023 presidential election even in prison if he were nominated as the joint...

Turkish court continues to keep businessman Kavala in jail despite CoE decision

A Turkish court on Thursday rejected an appeal against the imprisonment of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars on...

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