News Scan for Turkey, April 25th 2016
Dutch journalist arrested in Turkey for criticising Erdoğan A Dutch journalist was blocked from leaving Turkey on Sunday following her
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Turkey’s Constitutional Court makes a landmark decision to free imprisoned journalists
Turkey’s Constitutional Court made a decision last week which led to freeing of two imprisoned journalists by another court. Two
Read MoreTurkey needs to act now to take care of its “often criticized” record for violating human rights
Turkey’s dismal human rights record is revealed once again, as it ranked as the top sentenced country by the European
Read MoreTurkey: Criteria for pre-trial detention could be amended as top general’s arrest causes strong criticism
The Turkish government signaled the criteria for pre-trial detention could be tightened as the arrest of former Chief of General
Read MoreStudents released by court as crowd of protesters demonstrate
Twenty-eight leftist youths, most of them students, went on trial in one of the most controversial cases in Turkey’s recent
Read MoreTurkey: More evidence pro-Kurdish BDP party takes instructions from KCK, umbrella organization of PKK
The Zaman daily on Saturday published photographs of Diyarbakır’s BDP Mayor Osman Baydemir, showing him entering and later exiting a
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