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Turkish minister: Ban preventing Öcalan from meeting with lawyers lifted

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül announced on Thursday that a ban preventing the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from meeting...

Turkey to build 43 prisons using funds from inmate labor

Turkey’s Ministry of Justice is poised to build 43 new prisons using funds provided by its department responsible for generating income through inmate labor, the Sözcü newspaper...

Turkey to build 193 new prisons due to unexpected rise in number of inmates

The Turkish Ministry of Justice said in a statement that Turkey plans to build 193 new prisons in the next five years due to an unexpected...

Families of hunger strikers hold sit-in protest in front of Justice Ministry

Families of hunger strikers in several Turkish prisons who are protesting the “isolation” of jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan held a sit-in protest...

Half a million people in Turkey subject to prosecution over Gülen links: ministry

According to Ministry of Justice statistics, the total number of Turkish citizens who have faced investigation since July 2016 over links to the faith-based...

Child sexual abuse cases skyrocket in Turkey since 2007

The number of child sexual abuse cases that Turkish courts have adjudicated in the last 10 years has quadrupled, according to figures provided by...

Ministry: Jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş’s right to be elected not violated

Turkey’s Justice Ministry has said jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş’s right to be elected was not violated although he had to conduct his campaign for...

203,518 Gülen movement followers investigated thus far, Justice Ministry says

Turkish prosecutors have investigated 203,518 followers of the Gülen movement in the past five years, Justice Ministry data released on Monday indicated. According to the...

[UPDATE] 153 including 62 military members, 17 Prime Ministry staff sought over Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued on Friday for 153 people across Turkey as part of investigations into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news...

Ministry says 50,510 arrested, 169,013 faced legal proceedings since July 15

Turkey's Justice Ministry has announced that 50,510 people have been arrested and 169,013 have been the subject of legal proceedings on coup charges since...

Justice Ministry: 498 jailed in Turkey’s prisons due to ISIL links

Turkey's Justice Ministry has announced that there are 498 people in Turkey's prisons who were jailed due to their links to the Islamic State...

Justice Ministry leaves coup commission’s questions unanswered, says it is not authorized

Turkey's Justice Ministry has refused to answer a number of questions directed to it by a commission established in Parliament to investigate a failed...

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