With both parents in prison for Gülen links, neighbors help care for 11-year-old cancer...
Sabriye Dağdeviren, the mother of 11-year-old leukemia patient Hakan, said her son is at times cared for by their neighbors during his treatment at...
Human Rights Watch says Turkey’s authoritarian order consolidated in 2023
The May 2023 re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the victory of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in parliamentary elections consolidated an authoritarian...
Anniversary of Turkey-EU deal offers warning against further dangerous migration deals: Amnesty
Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the EU-Turkey deal on migration on March 18, Amnesty International called on EU leaders to turn away from...
Turkey’s top court received over 200K petitions claiming rights violations in past 2 years
The Constitutional Court of Turkey received nearly 220,000 individual applications over the past two years from people who claim that they were subjected to...
Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention is a ‘worrying step backwards’: UN human rights experts
Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, is “a...
Journalist sent to prison in İstanbul to serve sentence on terrorism charges
A Turkish journalist was sent to prison in İstanbul after his conviction on terrorism-related charges was upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeals, Turkish...
Erdoğan criticizes opposition, using ethnic and religious slur
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan resorted to discriminatory language when criticizing the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) during a speech at the Union of...
Turkish Embassy spied on journalists in Sweden, leaked government document reveals
Turkish intelligence services, operating from the embassy in Stockholm, have spied on journalists in Sweden, monitoring their activities and relaying information back to headquarters...
Jailed journalist Ahmet Böken contracts COVID-19 in prison
Ali Ahmet Böken, 49, a veteran Turkish journalist and prominent broadcaster who has been in prison over alleged links to the Gülen movement since...
Sister of journalist found dead in SE Turkey
Rojvelat Kızmaz, the sister of journalist Mehmet Kızmaz who was reported missing on Friday, has been found dead in a dam in southeast Turkey,...
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