Turkey will refrain from providing further information on Kavala case to OHCHR

A letter recently sent by the Turkish Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for...

Sexual abuse in detention on the rise in Turkey: rights groups

Women and transwomen in Turkey are often mistreated during police raids and in detention, especially by the country’s security forces, according a statement issued...

‘I’m critical of the Turkish government. I’d be ashamed of myself if I kept...

Herkül Millas, 82, a Greek-Turkish columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily who lives in Athens, said he as a government critic only wrote what...

Top Turkish doctor says her arrest due to chemical weapons remarks ‘attempt to silence...

The head of a leading doctors union in Turkey who was arrested on terrorist propaganda charges last month has said that her imprisonment is...

Court upholds 5 journalists’ sentences, reverses decision to acquit another one in RedHack trial

A regional appeals court in İstanbul has upheld the sentences handed down to five journalists and reversed a decision to acquit another one of...

Former general serving life sentence on coup charges dies in prison

Kemal Mutlum, a former brigadier general who was serving an aggravated life sentence on conviction of coup charges following an abortive putsch in Turkey...

Dismissal from public service based on labor union membership is legitimate, Turkish court rules

An administrative court in Turkey’s eastern province of Malatya has ruled that membership in a labor union is a legitimate reason for dismissal from...

Paralyzed inmate fit to remain in prison despite major heart surgery, says Turkish Council...

Şerife Sulukan, 45, a paralyzed female inmate who underwent major heart surgery in September, was issued a medical report by Turkey's Council of Forensic...

CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate airstrikes that killed journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on Turkey to immediately conduct a full and transparent investigation into whether Hawar News Agency...

14 detained in İstanbul-based operation over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police have detained 14 people including former military and police officers as part of an operation based in İstanbul targeting alleged members of...

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