Alparslan Kuytul, the head of a religious community critical
of the Turkish government, was released pending trial on Thursday after 22
months of incarceration, the Turkish...
Sadiye Eser and Sadık
Topaloğlu, two reporters for the Mezopotamya news agency, have been arrested on
terrorism charges, the agency reported.
The journalists were
detained on Nov....
Five members of Grup Yorum, a leftist music band in
Turkey, were released pending trial on Wednesday, the Birgün daily reported.
The defendants were put in...
In a widening crackdown
on elected mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Turkish
police teams on Friday detained four district mayors in the country’s...
The Interior Ministry on Tuesday removed the mayor of the
southeastern town of Cizre from office and replaced him with a district
governor, according to the...
The Turkish Parliament has received 30 summaries of
proceedings on terrorism charges against 19 deputies from the Kurdish Peoples’
Democratic Party (HDP), including Sezai Temelli and...
Following the arrest of
former Diyarbakır Mayor Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı on Tuesday, Turkish courts have
ruled to arrest three more mayors from the Kurdish People’s Democratic...
A regional Turkish appeals court on Wednesday upheld
prison sentences handed down to 20 attorneys from now-closed lawyers
associations on terrorism charges, the Bianet news website...
Germany's Foreign Office confirmed to the press on
Sunday that four of six Germans detained in Turkey last week had been released,
Deutsche Welle English service...
Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples’ Democratic
Party (HDP) deputy who has been behind bars since late 2018, has been released
from prison following a decision...
The Şırnak 1st High Criminal Court on
Tuesday handed down a 14-year prison sentence to Ziya Ataman, a Kurdish journalist
suffering from chronic illnesses, on terrorism...
