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Istanbul court hands CHP deputy Enis Berberoğlu 25 years jail time in case of intel trucks to Syria

An Istanbul court sentenced main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu 25 years in prison on June 14 for "leaking state secrets" in the Syria-bound intelligence trucks case, prompting a storm of reaction from the CHP.

Court finally accepts new indictment in Dink murder case

An Istanbul court has finally accepted a prosecutor's third indictment into the murder of Hrant Dink in which 51 suspects, including the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, former prosecutor Zekeriya Öz and former daily Zaman Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanlı, are accused of murdering the prominent Armenian-Turkish journalist, Doğan News Agency reported May 29. 

Eighteen sentenced to life for killing teenagers during clashes in Turkey's southeast

An Ankara court sentenced 18 people to life in prison for their involvement in the murder of four young people, including teenager Yasin Börü, during unrest in 2014 between supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Islamist Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR) in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. 

Cumhuriyet columnists, executives to be heard on Press Freedom Day in Turkey as court accepts indictment

A trial against daily Cumhuriyet columnists and executives will begin on July 24, Press Freedom Day in Turkey, after an Istanbul court accepted an indictment into a total of 19 suspects on April 18, nearly five months after an investigation was launched.

Court rejects arrest demand for suspect police officer accused of killing Gezi victim Berkin Elvan

A court has rejected the arrest demand for a police officer who is suspected of killing Berkin Elvan, a 14-year-old who died after being shot by a tear gas canister by police during the Gezi Park Protests in June 2013. 

The police officer, identified only by the initials F.D., denied the accusations, saying that he did not kill anyone. 

Order to remain in barracks would have outed coup bid: Turkish commander

The failed July 2016 coup would have been revealed immediately if personnel had been ordered to stay in their military barracks on that day, Special Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı has said in his testimony as a witness into the killing of anti-coup soldier Ömer Halisdemir, who has been idolized for his actions during a raid on the Special Forces Command in Ankara.

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