Ankara court

The United States is preparing to assist Turkish investigators in the case of Sinan Ateş, the former head of the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves group, daily Hürriyet reported on Dec. 11.

An Ankara court has formally requested judicial assistance from the U.S. to compel Apple to provide the passwords of two defendants, Serdar Öktem and Mustafa Ensar Aykal, the newspaper said.

An Ankara court has sentenced Ayhan Bora Kaplan, the notorious leader of a criminal syndicate, implicated in numerous offenses across Türkiye, to 68 years in prison.

Mehmet Veysi Dolaşan, found to have transported explosives used in the deadly 2016 bomb attack in central Ankara, has been sentenced to a total of 5,172 years in prison.

The attack carried out by PKK killed 36 people and injured hundreds. On Oct. 16, an Ankara court retried the case after the Court of Appeals overturned earlier verdicts against six defendants.

Sinan Ateş's mother, Saniye Ateş, burst into tears after a person attacked Sinan Ateş's sister, Selma Ateş Kazanç with a punch during yesterday's hearing of the trial regarding her son's murder.

In a new development on the case involving the murder of the former head of the ultra-nationalist group Gray Wolves, an Ankara court has rendered an interim decision, releasing 10 defendants under judicial control and imposing a travel ban.

Ten defendants were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment on July 1 in the trial over the 2015 ISIL bomb attack that targeted a crowd gathered in front of the capital Ankara's train station for a rally.

An Ankara court delivered the sentences nearly nine years after the attack, the deadliest suicide bombing in Türkiye's history.

Sinan Ateş's wife Ayşe Ateş (center) made statements before the hearing on July 1, 2024.

An Ankara court on Monday commenced the trial of 22 defendants related to the murder of Sinan Ateş, the former head of the ultra-nationalist group Gray Wolves.

A presidential decree has abolished the remaining prison sentences of seven retired soldiers serving life imprisonment for their involvement in the Feb. 28, 1997 "post-modern coup."

The decree on May 17 pardoned Fevzi Türkeri, Yıldırım Türker, Aydan Erol, Cevat Temel Özkaynak, Erol Özkasnak, Çetin Doğan and Çevik Bir from their prison terms.

Former co-chairs of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, have been handed substantial prison sentences in the case stemming from events dating back to the 2014 protests that erupted into deadly clashes in eastern Türkiye.

The central council members of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) have been dismissed on the grounds of allegedly "engaging in activities contrary to their founding objectives."