Hot Topic Turkish court rules to keep human rights activist Kavala in jail An Istanbul court on Tuesday rejected the request to release businessman and human rights defender Osman Kavala,…
Hot Topic Amnesty urges Merkel to press for Kavala’s release ahead of Erdogan… Amnesty International has called on Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel to raise the issue of releasing jailed…
Hot Topic Turkey needs to save face over abductions says wife of Gulen accused Turkey's decision to reveal the whereabouts of four people four months after they were abducted only came about…
Hot Topic 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…
Hot Topic Turkey’s judiciary used to squelch opposition Demirtas tells ECHR The regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was using the judiciary to punish and squelch opposition political…
Hot Topic RSF Turkey representative and two others acquitted of terror charges Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey representative Erol Onderoglu and other media freedom campaigners were…
Hot Topic ECHR ranks Turkey second on continental list of human rights violations The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the convention 140 times last year and the…
Hot Topic Lawyer of jailed journalist calls on ECHR to urgently examine application The lawyer of imprisoned novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan, has called on the European Court of Human Rights…
Hot Topic Opposition MP says Demirtas does not belong in prison Main opposition party deputy Sezgin Tanrikulu has said that Selahattin Demirtas, former co-leader of the…
Hot Topic Turkey’s judicial reform could lead to dismissal of thousands of ‘terror’… The Turkish government’s Judicial Reform Strategy, which is expected to introduce amendments to the country’s…