Fireworks factory owner seeks impunity often afforded for workplace accidents in Turkey
The owner of a fireworks factory where seven workers died in a 2020 explosion argued in court on Monday that he should not face...
114 people face detention over alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 114 people including former public servants who were removed from their jobs by government decrees due to...
Prisoner on hunger strike in maximum security Turkish prison calls facility a ‘grave for...
Serkan Onur Yılmaz, who is imprisoned for alleged links to the banned Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C) and has been on a hunger strike for over...
Opposition lawmaker prevented from leaving Turkey due to travel ban
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and a prominent defender of human rights, has been prevented from leaving...
Turkish-Armenian MP submits parliamentary question regarding conversion of historic cathedral to a mosque
George Aslan, a Turkish-Armenian deputy from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), submitted a parliamentary question seeking clarification on the accuracy of...
Doctors leaving Turkey should be stripped of citizenship: Turkish mayor
Taner İşbir, a district mayor from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Çorum, has called on the Turkish government to revoke the...
Turkish MP reveals plight of female cadets serving life sentences on coup charges
Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a lawyer and independent member of the Turkish Parliament, has revealed the plight of three female former air force cadets who have been serving...
Mother of former military cadet says son’s cell lacks heating and warm water
Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of a former military cadet who is serving a life sentence for allegedly participating in an abortive putsch in Turkey...
Turkey appeals European rights court ruling ordering Demirtaş’s release
Turkey has appealed a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling that called for the immediate release of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, requesting...
Turkish university sparks outrage for quoting Hitler on official human rights website
The Manisa Celal Bayar University in western Turkey sparked outrage among human rights activists and social media users for quoting Adolf Hitler on its...
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