Turkish Parliament rejects proposal to postpone prison sentence of mothers with children under 15
The Turkish Parliament removed from a bill that was passed on Thursday an article postponing the prison sentences of mothers with children under 15...
Mother says still looking for justice on 10th anniversary of Berkin Elvan’s death
The mother of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was struck in the head with a gas canister fired by a police officer during the...
Protests continue in Kyrgyzstan 25 days into disappearance of Orhan İnandı
Around 300 people gathered in front of government house in Bishkek on Friday calling on Kyrgyz authorities to find educator Orhan İnandı, who is...
75-year-old woman convicted of sending money to inmates taken to prison on stretcher
Hatice Yıldız, an ailing 75-year-old woman who had been sentenced to four years on charges of “financing a terrorist organization” because she sent money...
87 journalists stood trial in Turkey in June: report
A total of 87 journalists stood trial in June, while two journalists were newly charged, according to the “Cost of News” monthly report published...
One killed, 11 injured during elections in SE Turkey
Clashes between two groups in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır during Sunday’s local elections left one dead and 11 people wounded, Turkish Minute reported,...
İnandı kidnapped by 3 Kyrgyz men, put on plane after several hours in a...
Orhan İnandı, Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was kidnapped by three Kyrgyz men, blindfolded and driven for several...
Jailed leftist music band member’s arm broken due to mistreatment
Prison guards in western Turkey allegedly broke the arm of Bahar Kurt, a jailed member of the leftist Grup Yorum music band, the Bianet...
Rights organizations condemn racist attack against Kurdish family in Konya
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) on Saturday condemned what they described as a horrifying racist attack against...
NGO report documents more than 7,000 violations in central Turkey prisons in 2023
The Human Rights Association (İHD), one of Turkey’s major advocacy groups, has released a report on prisons located in the Central Anatolian region that...
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