Turkey orders detention of 75 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week have ordered the detention of 75 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 34 people over alleged ByLock use

Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 34 people on Tuesday, including teachers, nurses and active and dismissed police officers, for allegedly using the ByLock...

Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders: 2022 in Review

The situation of human rights defenders in Turkey has significantly deteriorated since a coup attempt in July 2016, with the HRDs subjected to judicial...

5,361, including 80 minors, mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2022: report

An annual report on human rights violations in Turkey drafted by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu has revealed 5,361 incidents...

Turkish doctors file complaint against gov’t officials for 70 deaths in hospital destroyed by...

The Turkish Physicians Union (Hekimler Birliği) has filed a complaint against the government officials they claim are responsible for the collapse of a hospital...

CPJ calls on Turkey to drop criminal charges against journalists over earthquake coverage

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to ensure that members of the press do not face criminal charges over coverage...

Japan, Pakistan, NATO cooperate to transport relief supplies to quake survivors in Turkey

Upon a request from Turkey and NATO, Japan has decided to dispatch a military aircraft for the transportation of emergency relief supplies from Pakistan...

60,000 Syrians return home in aftermath of February earthquakes

Some 60,000 Syrian refugees have returned home in the aftermath of massive earthquakes in southeastern Turkey, according to Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar. Speaking...

Antakya’s earthquake victims doubt Erdoğan’s rebuilding pledge

Retired construction worker Ali Çimen looked at the pile of rubble raising dust over his former neighborhood and scoffed at the idea that Turkey’s...

CPJ calls on Turkey to stop prosecuting journalists covering Kurdish issues, release jailed members...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to immediately release all imprisoned members of the press and stop prosecuting journalists who cover Kurdish issues.  The Diyarbakır...

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