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Court rules to keep pro-Kurdish deputy Güven in jail

A high criminal court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır has ruled to keep pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla Güven in...

Turkish-German journalist says attending funerals cited as evidence against him

German-Turkish dual citizen and journalist Adil Demirci, who has been in pre-trial detention in Turkey on terrorism charges since April, has said his participation...

Court rules to continue two-year-long pretrial detention of 2 Kurdish politicians

A court in Malatya has ruled to keep Gültan Kışanak, former mayor of Diyarbakır from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), and Sebahat Tuncel, co-chair...

Austrian chancellor calls for immediate release of journalist Zirngast from Turkish jail

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called the detention of Austrian journalist Max Zirngast on terrorism charges in Turkey "unacceptable" and demanded his immediate release...

HDP deputy Önder sent to prison after sentence upheld by appeals court

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder was sent to prison after his three year, six month sentence was upheld by an İstanbul...

PEN declares jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş an ‘honorary member’

PEN Center Germany, part of PEN International, has declared jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for two years, an...

Journalist to spend several days in prison due to delay in paperwork

A Kurdish journalist will spend several days in jail until legal paperwork for his 11 month, 20 day prison sentence is completed by officials. Journalist...

Turkish court hands down 6-year jail sentence to German-Kurdish singer

A Turkish court in the western Turkish province of Edirne has given a jail sentence of six years, three months to a German-Kurdish singer,...

Turkish court rules to keep journalist Baransu in prison

A Turkish court on Friday ruled for the continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct Taraf newspaper,...

Turkey jails 523 soldiers in past year on coup-related charges: state news agency

Over the past year a total of 523 soldiers were arrested among 989 military members for whom detention warrants were issued by Turkish prosecutors...

Jailed journalist Şirin Kabakçı says he is on the verge of losing his faith in justice

Journalist Şirin Kabakçı, who used to be Konya bureau chief for the Zaman daily, Turkey’s highest circulating newspaper before its takeover and closure by...

3 peace declaration academics given suspended sentences

An İstanbul high criminal court on Tuesday handed down suspended sentences of one year, three months to three Turkish academics on terrorism charges resulting...

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