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Nineteen press freedom organizations have called for Turkey to release five journalists jailed in recent weeks on charges of “membership in an illegal organization,”...
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Medical examination of jailed Istanbul district mayor finds signs of lymphoma
Symptoms of lymphoma have been noted in a pathology report for Mehmet Murat Çalık, the mayor of Istanbul’s Beylikdüzü district, who was arrested in...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns prison sentence of parents of 6 on Gülen charges...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the prison sentences of Nurcan and Abdülkadir Arslan, parents of quintuplets and one other child, citing an...
More than three decades on, Alevis still await justice for Sivas massacre
Thirty-two years after 33 intellectuals and artists were killed in an arson attack on a hotel in Turkey’s Sivas province, the search for justice...
Public anger grows as wildfires rage in Turkey amid government inaction and media silence
Wildfires tearing through three provinces in Turkey have sparked public outrage, with residents turning to social media to condemn what they describe as government...
19 press freedom organizations call for release of Turkish journalists jailed on ‘terrorism’ charges
Nineteen press freedom organizations have called for Turkey to release five journalists jailed in recent weeks on charges of “membership in an illegal organization,”...
Turkish rights group demands overhaul of medical parole laws for seriously ill prisoners
A leading Turkish human rights group is demanding urgent reforms to the country’s medical parole laws to allow the release of hundreds of seriously...
13 arrested after attending massive opposition rally in İstanbul
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of 13 people who were detained during a massive opposition rally at İstanbul City Hall that marked the 100th...
Press groups warn against threats targeting LeMan magazine over cartoon controversy
Leading Turkish press and writers associations on Wednesday warned against the use of threatening language and public incitement targeting the Turkish satirical magazine LeMan,...
Turkey labeled high risk in global torture index
Turkey has been classified as a high-risk country for torture and ill-treatment in the first edition of a new international index, Turkish Minute reported.
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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