Non-Turkish children subject to discrimination and neglect, say foster families
Families who have fostered non-Turkish children said the children were subject to discrimination and neglect because of bureaucratic obstacles, the Duvar news website reported.
According...
Hospital finds 78-year-old ailing Kurdish woman ‘fit to remain in prison’
A hospital in eastern Turkey has issued a report which said that Hanife Arslan, a 78-year-old woman suffering from several chronic health problems, is...
Turkish judges and prosecutors jailing people over ByLock could be prosecuted abroad for crimes...
Kerem Gülay, an academic from Turkey’s Koç University, said judges and prosecutors who are responsible for the mass incarceration of people for Gülen movement...
630 days into his disappearance Yusuf Bilge Tunç’s father says no one hears their...
The father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing 630 days ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence, said he...
Uighurs fear deportation as China ratifies extradition treaty with Turkey: report
China on Saturday ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey, a move likely to help Beijing incarcerate Uighurs seeking refuge in Turkey, prompting fear among...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court disregards landmark ECtHR judgment in Gülen movement trials: legal expert
A judgment recently delivered by Turkey’s Constitutional Court has demonstrated that the top court is turning a blind eye to a landmark European Court...
Turkey’s top court declines to issue new ruling on jailed MP stripped of seat
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has declined to issue a third ruling in the case of a jailed opposition politician who was stripped of his parliamentary status last...
Kyrgyz protestors demand authorities locate missing educator
Hundreds of people have been protesting since Tuesday in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, demanding that authorities find the president of a prestigious school...
UN committee seeks further information from Turkey in case of missing Yusuf Bilge Tunç
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has requested further information from Turkey in the case of former civil servant Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who has...
Council of State denies compensation to man severely injured by the police during Gezi...
The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has rejected a request for compensation filed by Mustafa Başnamlı, a man who was severely injured...
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