Turkey

Officials in Turkey have targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in poor and illegal construction methods following the pair of earthquakes that caused the collapse of thousands of buildings last week. The death toll from the quakes in south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria exceeds 33,000.

Turkish human rights lawyer Eren Keskin has been sentenced to more than six years' imprisonment for terror offences. Ms Keskin, who co-chairs the Ankara-based NGO the Human Rights Association (İHD), was one of four defendants in a case concerning Özgür Gündem, a daily newspaper which

A judge in Turkey who criticised a female lawyer over the length of her skirt has been suspended, The Independent reports. Mehmet Yoylu complained that lawyer Tugce Cetin’s skirt was higher than the regulated 15cm above the knees and wanted to refer her to the bar association.

Aberdeen law graduate Hanifi Bariş, who has been in a Turkish jail since last summer, faces an extended sentence. On 4th July 2018 he was arrested in Istanbul and charged with “posting items of criminal content” on his Facebook and Twitter accounts.