No question of abolishing right to individual application to Constitutional Court: Turkey’s justice minister
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has announced that removal of the right to apply to the Constitutional Court individually is not on the table...
Irregular migrant found dead off coast of western Turkey: report
The body of one of two irregular migrants who were reported missing after their rubber dinghy sank off the coast of Çesme in Turkey’s...
Two young men shot dead during attempt to cross into Turkey: SOHR
Turkish border guards have shot dead two young men trying to cross into the country from northeast Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
Alevis suffered most attacks on religious properties in last 20 years: USCIRF report
According to a recent report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Alevis were the religious community that suffered the most...
Turkish mob boss threatens rights advocate MP over criticism of far-right party leader
Notorious Turkish crime boss Alaattin Çakıcı has threatened pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) lawmaker and rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on social...
Grave of murdered 12-year-old Kurdish child vandalized in SE Turkey
Unknown individuals have damaged the grave of Uğur Kaymaz, a child who was shot dead at the age of 12, and that of his...
Turkish prison investigates inmate for referencing religious figures in letter
The authorities in Ankara have launched an investigation into inmate Şerafettin Demir on accusations of disseminating terrorist propaganda in a letter containing references to...
6 Turkish police officers indicted for torturing detainees
İstanbul prosecutors have indicted six police officers on charges of torturing three people in their custody in 2022, the T24 news website reported.
The detainees...
ECtHR faults Turkey for monitoring 3 inmates’ meetings with lawyers
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkish authorities’ monitoring and recording of three applicants’ meetings with their lawyers while they...
Turkey’s far-right party leader calls for closure of top court over judicial crisis
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, has called for either closure or restructuring of the country’s...
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