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Woman convicted of ISIL membership released to take care of her children

A Turkish court has ruled for the release from prison of a woman who was convicted of terrorism due to her links to the...

Famous Turkish actress indicted for ‘insulting’ former soldier accused of rape

An indictment drafted by an Ankara prosecutor seeks a prison sentence of up to two years for Ezgi Mola, a popular Turkish actress, on...

Turkey: A country in “Handcuffs”

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ruled Turkey for almost 20 years… He came to power aiming to be a world leader. And that he has -- the world...

Reports reveal criminal neglect in case of academic who died of COVID-19 in prison

Evidence of criminal neglect is emerging as reports claim that jailed academic Halil Şimşek, who died in western Çanakkale Prison after contracting COVID-19, had appealed to...

Expelled lawmaker denied letters, news reports in prison sent by his party

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a renowned human rights activist and former member of the Turkish Parliament who was expelled from the legislature in March and...

Former judge jailed on Gülen links dies from cancer shortly after release

Former judge Alparslan Güngör, who was imprisoned for three years on alleged Gülen links and diagnosed with stage four lung cancer shortly after his...

Engineer jailed over Gülen links dies of cancer after belated release from prison

Industrial engineer Abdülazim Özdemir, 49, who was diagnosed with liver cancer during his 24-month incarceration on terrorism charges, died on Friday in Ankara, the...

French national tortured by fellow inmates in Turkish prison due to sexual orientation

Fabien Azoulay, a gay and Jewish French national who is serving 16 years, eight months in a Turkish prison for buying drugs online, was...

Turkey frees journalist Altan after European rights court ruling

A Turkish court on Wednesday released journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan after more than four years in prison on charges of involvement in a...

Expelled rights advocate MP Gergerlioğlu was handcuffed in intensive care: son

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights advocate and former deputy for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was handcuffed in the intensive care unit...

Attorneys call for end to persecution of arrested colleagues in Turkey on lawyers’ day

The Arrested Lawyers Initiative, an advocacy group defending lawyers’ rights, on the occasion of April 5, the Day of the Lawyer in Turkey, released a...

Expelled MP detained by police officer whose alleged acts of torture he raised in parliament

A police officer whose alleged torture and maltreatment of detainees was exposed by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former lawmaker who was expelled from parliament...

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