Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is planning to build 20 new prisons this year, which is expected to significantly increase the...
A former reporter from Turkey's Dicle news agency (DÄ°HA) has been handed down a suspended three-year sentence on conviction of terrorism due to his...
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 12 years for journalist Ä°brahim HaskoloÄŸlu, who was briefly detained in April after announcing that hackers...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkish authorities violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by not allowing...
Turkish prisons are holding 49,518 more prisoners than their overall capacity, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing the latest data from the Directorate...
Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has applied to the Justice Ministry for a meeting with leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah...
Kemal Mutlum, a former brigadier general who was serving an aggravated life sentence on conviction of coup charges following an abortive putsch in Turkey...
