Turkey detains co-mayors from pro-Kurdish party in eastern Ağrı province
Müşerref Geçer and Emrah Kılıç, the co-mayors of Patnos in Turkey’s eastern Ağrı province from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have been detained,...
PACE committee urges stronger action to eradicate torture and ill-treatment in detention facilities in...
Adopting a draft resolution on June 21 based on a report by Constantinos Efstathiou (Cyprus, SOC), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee...
14-year-old gets suspended sentence for insulting President Erdoğan on WhatsApp
A 14-year-old boy was handed down a five-month suspended sentence on July 6 for insulting the president, Turkish media reported.
The teenage boy, identified only...
Journalist investigated for reporting on child sexual abuse in health minister’s hospital
A journalist from the anti-government Halk TV station has announced that she is being investigated for reporting on the alleged sexual abuse of a...
Turkey blocks access to VOA Turkish news website
A Turkish court imposed an access ban on the Voice of America (VOA) Turkish edition website after the media outlet refused to comply with...
Kurdish political activist in Turkey faces deportation to Iran
Kurdish political activist Amir Kahrizi is facing deportation to Iran despite being entitled to protection as a refugee, according to international obligations, Turkish Minute...
Ant-LGBT+ rally attracts 3,000 people in Istanbul
More than 3,000 people demonstrated in favor of the criminalization of same-sex relationships in Istanbul’s conservative Fatih district, Voice of America (VOA) Turkish service reported.
The...
US sanctions 2 Turkish ministers with leading roles in unjust detention of Pastor Brunson
The United States sanctioned Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül and Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Wednesday over the country’s imprisonment of American Pastor Andrew...
Film about Turkey’s purge victims cut from festival, drawing criticism
The organizing committee of the Golden Orange Film Festival in Turkey’s Antalya province has removed a documentary depicting the plight of victims of a...
Turkish court convicts 4 human rights activists on terrorism-related charges
A Turkish court on Friday convicted Amnesty International’s former Turkey chairman, Taner Kılıç, of membership in a terrorist organization and sentenced him to more...
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