Demirtas blames Justice Ministry for delay in his hospitalization: CHP MP
Turkey’s Justice Ministry’s alleged negligence is said to have caused a delay in the transfer to the hospital of…
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Demirtas hospitalized days after falling ill in prison: lawyer
Selahattin Demirtas, the jailed former leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP),…
780 children in Turkey’s jails with their mothers: Report
The number of children locked up in Turkish prisons with their mothers has increased to 780 in November, an…
Turkish courts release journalists as “judicial reform package” comes into…
Turkish courts on Friday ordered the release of five journalists after a “judiciary package” came into effect on…
Sick journalist sentenced to more than 14 years in prison
A journalist, who has already spent more than three years behind bars and requires a medical operation, was…
Court in northwestern Turkey sentences 150 Gezi Park protesters
A court in Turkey's northwestern province of Kocaeli has sentenced defendants of the Gezi Park trial to prison…
ECHR orders Turkey to pay damages for not sending inmates to jails nearer…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to pay compensation after it violated the rights of…
Women miscarry in Turkish prisons due to negligence: Rights advocate MP
Nurhayat Yildiz fell pregnant with twins in the third year of her marriage after initially struggling to conceive –…
Opposition’s Istanbul leader sentenced to 9 years 8 months in prison
An Istanbul court on Friday sentenced Canan Kaftancioglu, the Istanbul provincial head of the secular main…
Demirtas remains jailed as court orders his release from pre-trial…
The imprisoned former co-leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas has…