Turkey is set to release up to 38,000 prisoners [for newcomers…] Updates on the Özgür Gündem raid…

Turkey is set to release up to 38,000 prisoners Turkey is set to release 38,000 prisoners as part of two new state of emergency decrees published in the Official Gazette on Aug. 17, in an apparent move to reduce its prison population to make space for thousands of people who have been arrested as part of … Read more

“US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media…Dispatches from Turkey…

US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media US Congress members have written a letter to Kerry about Turkey’s crackdown on media organizations linked to Gülen In the footsteps of the murders of Hrant Dink and Nihat Kazanhan Today’s Zaman After an investigation was launched into Ergenekon — a clandestine organization nested within … Read more

In contemporary Turkey, Justice is all about who is the majority. Corrupt Ministers’ Impunity #HırsızVar

          and all the evidence (tapes of corruption conversation) to be destroyed… Parliamentary Panel Vote On Graft Brings Electoral Risk To AKP The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya   The much-awaited vote in Turkey ended 9-5 today. It means that the parliamentary inquiry panel does not send four former ministers, who has been … Read more