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Academic Altan appeals to ECtHR against Turkey’s top judicial body

The lawyer for academic and journalist Mehmet Altan, who was imprisoned after a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has filed a complaint...

Journalist sues judge for damages over belated release from prison

Prominent Turkish journalist and professor of economics Mehmet Altan has filed a lawsuit for damages against one of the judges who failed to provide...

Purged academic’s appeal rejected by OHAL Commission based on nonexistent document

Academic and journalist Mehmet Altan’s appeal for reinstatement to his job at Istanbul University was rejected by a commission reviewing decisions taken by the...

Turkey’s top court orders compensation be paid to Altan for wrongful imprisonment

Turkey’s Constitutional Court ordered payment in the amount of TL 30,000 ($5,000) as compensation to Mehmet Altan, a Turkish economist and journalist who was incarcerated for...

Purged academic files complaint against commission for not reinstating him to position

Professor Mehmet Altan, who was dismissed from his university post and jailed for 21 months on coup allegations in the wake of a failed...

Top court’s prosecutor asks for revocation of rulings in prominent journalists’ trial

The chief public prosecutor of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has asked for revocation of the aggravated life sentences handed down to six journalists...

[UPDATE] Appeals court upholds aggravated life sentences for 6 Turkish journalists

An appeals court in İstanbul on Tuesday upheld aggravated life sentences handed down to six jailed journalists including prominent figures Ahmet Altan and Nazlı...

HRW calls on Germany to raise human rights violations with Erdoğan

As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan begins a two-day visit to Germany, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela...

Prosecutor in appeals hearing seeks approval of life sentences given to 6 journalists

An İstanbul public prosecutor on Friday asked an appeals court to uphold aggravated life sentences handed down to six jailedjournalists including prominent figures Ahmet...

Int’l community should publicize legal status of each jailed journalist, Altan says

Mehmet Altan, a journalist and economist who had been jailed after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 for almost two years,...

Journalist Mehmet Altan released pending appeal by regional court

The İstanbul Regional Court of Law’s 2nd Criminal Chamber on Wednesday ordered the release pending appeal of journalist Mehmet Altan after agreeing to consider...

Chief justice says not implementing top court’s rulings out of the question

At a meeting attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan said the rulings of the Constitutional Court concerning the...

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