Turkey: Political prisoners denied release while violent offenders go free, says MP
Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, parliamentary group leader for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, has called for urgent legal ...
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Rights advocates call for end to ‘enemy law’ in Turkey’s peace process
Human rights organisations and legal experts in Turkey have called for sweeping judicial reforms following the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) ...
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Turkey’s Justice Minister says new meetings with Abdullah Öcalan depend on requests
Turkey's Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç stated on Thursday that future meetings with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan would be considered based ...
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German politicians call for release of Selahattin Demirtaş, citing European human rights obligations
German politicians have pled to Turkey's ambassador in Berlin, urging the release of Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the ...
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Severe penalties sought for officials in Hrant Dink murder case
Istanbul's prosecutors called for stringent penalties in the assassination case of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, requesting double aggravated life sentences ...
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