Former Kurdish MP detained over 2014 protests in reaction to ISIL siege of Syrian...

Hüda Kaya, a former member of the Turkish parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was detained at İstanbul Airport on Wednesday on...

Turkish court sentences 20 female university students to prison over Gülen links

Twenty female university students were handed down prison sentences on Friday for alleged links to the Gülen movement, sparking an outcry among activists and...

ECtHR president cites insufficient resources as reason for jailed journalists’ cases still pending at...

European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) President Róbert Ragnar Spanó has given the court’s insufficient resources as the reason that the applications from two...

Turkey issued 9 arrest warrants for NBA star Kanter, official records reveal

Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the widespread human rights violations taking place under...

University students in Turkey can’t afford housing or basic necessities as prices soar

University students in Turkey are facing serious financial difficulties and cannot afford housing or basic necessities, BBC Turkish service reported. Most students studying in big...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 295 active duty military officers over alleged Gülen links

Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 304 people, including 295 active duty military officers, in what is considered the largest operation against members...

Turkish government’s educational reforms disrupt student’s schooling

The Justice and Development Party (AKP)'s education reforms have significantly disrupted students' schooling, leading to widespread uncertainty and interruptions in education, the Birgün daily reported.  Journalists...

380 people, including 2 minors, mistreated in Turkey in December: rights report

Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in December included 380 incidents of mistreatment, with 86 of them taking place in prisons, according to...

Defense firm SADAT would be behind any breach of security in 2023 elections, CHP...

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Friday that SADAT International Defense Consultancy, a company linked to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, would...

Some 2,000 femicides, suspicious deaths in Turkey since withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

At least 996 women in Turkey have been killed by men since the country’s 2021 withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty aimed...

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